龍魚班的世界雨林探索之旅
Rainforests of the World
當熱帶雨林逐漸消失時，人類其實正在失去這一重要的自然資源。熱帶雨林中擁有地球上近一半的動植物，是生物多樣性的集中體現。5C班本周的主題課程是探索地球上的熱帶雨林。這是學生提升創造力以及深入了解熱帶雨林的一個很好的機會。
When we lose rainforests, we lose an important natural resource. Tropical rainforests are hubs of biodiversity, holding an estimated half of the world’s plants and animals. Grade 5C explored rainforests of the world in our Topic lessons. This was an amazing opportunity to get creative and explore the world of rainforests.
我們的主題課程內容多樣，囊括信息通信技術、歷史、地理、科學、英文、食品、技術和藝術。通過這個單元的學習，我們研究了世界各地熱帶雨林的地理分布，在交互式地圖上準確定位，提升學生的地圖作業技能。我們在研究中發現，除南極洲外的每片大陸上都有熱帶雨林分布，而熱帶雨林是一種擁有大量常綠喬木，且伴有大量降雨的生態系統。
Our Topic lessons incorporated an integrated curriculum, including ICT, History, Geography, Science, English, Food and Technology and Art. During this unit of work, we sharpened our map work skills, we looked at rainforest distribution around the world and located these on interactive maps. We found that rainforests are found on every continent, except Antarctica, and rainforests are ecosystems filled with mostly evergreen trees that typically receive high amounts of rainfall.
通過虛擬旅行，學生們可以在舒適的教室裡探索這些熱帶雨林。我們發現雨林是地球上最原始，最重要的生態環境之一。據自然保護協會研究顯示，熱帶雨林僅佔地球表面積的2％，卻是地球上50％的動植物的家園。熱帶雨林也被稱為地球恆溫器，能夠有效調節環境溫度和天氣。
Thanks to virtual tours, we could explore these rainforests from the comfort of our classrooms. We discovered that rainforests are some of the world's most pristine and important environments on Earth. Covering less than 2 percent of the Earth's surface area, the world's rainforests are home to 50 percent of the Earth's plants and animals and act as the world's thermostat by regulating temperatures and weather patterns, according to the Nature Conservancy.
熱帶雨林在維持生物穩定性方面發揮著不可估量的作用，但是每年仍有很大一部分雨林因砍伐、採礦和畜牧遭到破壞。本次研究就涉及森林砍伐如何危及熱帶雨林。在過去的50年中，約有17％的亞馬遜雨林被破壞。大量雨林植物被用於製造抗癌藥物以及美容保健品。用於研發治療HIV的藥物Calanolide A，就來自馬來西亞婆羅洲上的一種樹木。另外，研究表明，巴西堅果樹只能在未受到侵擾的亞馬遜雨林中生長。此外，熱帶雨林也是蘇門答臘犀牛、猩猩和美洲虎等瀕危保護動物的家園。
Rainforests play an invaluable role in sustaining life, but every year, large portions of them are cut down for logging, mining, and cattle ranches. Part of our research was to find out how deforestation is endangering rainforests. About 17 % of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed over the past 50 years. Many of the plants found in rainforests are being used to make medicines, including anti-cancer drugs, along with beauty products and foods. One drug under development for treating HIV, Calanolide A, is derived from a tree discovered on Malaysian Borneo. And Brazil nut trees refuse to grow anywhere but in undisturbed sections of the Amazon rainforest. Rainforests are also home to endangered or protected animals such as the Sumatran Rhino, orangutans and jaguars.
通過本周的主題課程，我們了解到熱帶雨林不僅擁有食用、藥用、觀賞價值，而且對維持環境的穩定性也至關重要。
We learned that not only does the rainforest provide us with resources such as food, wood, medicine, and recreation, it is crucial in sustaining our environment.
常州威雅公學(Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou)是COBIS認證成員，招收3-18周歲學生，無國籍和戶籍限制，並對6歲以上學生開放寄宿。學校採用小班制教學，在幼兒園階段遵循英國早期教育課程體系，在浸潤式英文環境中為孩子提供互動式學習體驗；在九年制義務教育階段以中國國家課程為核心，融中西方文化為一體，為學生提供雙語教育，通過探究式的學習方法打好堅實的學科基礎；高中階段提供全球範圍內廣受認可的IGCSE和A Level課程，並獲得了培生愛德思和劍橋國際考試委員會考試中心的雙授權。遵循全人教育傳統，學校還注重學生的人格培養，通過音樂藝術教育以及各項高品質的課外課程，幫助學生今後順利進入世界名校，並在日益國際化的社會中取得成功。
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