2014 Summer Living Experience Camp
2014暑假生活體驗營 ![]() The 2014 Summer Living Experience Camp was held from July 14 to 18 for five days four nights with the participation of 14 interns. The Camp was organized around three main themes - cooking skill, everyday applications and macro photography. Teacher Gaga, the author of Gaga Insects website - Taiwan's largest database website for insect ecology photos, was especially invited to conduct a series of classes on macro photography. In the first part of his course, he introduced various characteristics of a camera, including aperture and focal length, teaching the interns how to use their cameras to capture the effects they want. He also showed them web images of some commonly seen insects in the wild and their ecology. The second part of his course was the highlight of the Camp. Through actual photo-taking around the Symbiosphere Center and Teacher Gaga's lecture, each intern was able to clearly see the strengths and weaknesses in their photographic works and learned from them. ![]() In terms of cooking skill and everyday applications, Ms. Lu Ming-yun taught the interns how to make nutritious and tasty sushi rolls using simple ingredients and seasoning, and using kitchen scraps and fruit skin for sheet mulching; Ms. Tang Shu-chen taught everyone how to wash and cook algae, decorate plates using fruits and making steamed buns; Ms. Liu Chun-yin inspired interns to express themselves using different body gestures through lively and interesting commands and brainstorming; Mr. Chuang Chen-hao introduced the basics of star-gazing and using planisphere and telescope. Mr. Hsueh Chung-hsiang taught the interns how to travel the world using Google Earth; Mr. Li Shu-an demonstrated the use of an air quality monitor and taught the importance of air quality in our living environment; and last but not least, Mr. Lin Wen-hung guided the interns through some newspaper and media publications, exploring certain aspects that had violated laws and regulations related to children and youths. ![]() A series of group activities was also organized during the breaks between courses. There were fun and interesting exercises every morning. On the second and fourth evening, interns participated in the "Wormhole Bookish Assembly". Not only were there live reports by knowledge keepers, the interns also listened to book reports through videoconferencing. On the last day of the activity, the counselors graded each intern based on their test scores, class assignments and tidiness of their rooms. Finally, three interns with the highest scores were awarded prizes as encouragement and acknowledgement of their performance, and the other interns also received souvenirs. It is hoped that they will bring home valuable knowledge and wonderful memories of the Camp. Finally, everyone bid farewell to each other and looking forward to the next Camp. |