Exploration curriculum turns fishing port into classroom, Kaohsiung junior high designs disaster prevention canned meals

Students at Xingren Junior High School in Kaohsiung have transformed their learning environment, turning a fishing port into a classroom and disaster preparedness into an engaging game. The school held an exploration curriculum成果展 (achievement exhibition) showcasing a year of student work in culinary innovation, drama, and woodworking.

The culinary innovation class focused on the Qianzhen Fishing Port, Taiwan's largest deep-sea fishing base. After visiting the port and learning about its fisheries, processing, and local food culture, students considered emergency food needs. They designed "disaster prevention canned meals" that are nutritious, preservable, and convenient. Students used AI to create presentation posters for their projects, detailing their design concepts and development process.

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Xingzhen Junior High School's exploration curriculum is not just about learning skills, but more importantly, about cultivating students' abilities in active inquiry, courageous experimentation, and innovative thinking.

Disaster preparedness was also integrated into a drama class through an immersive experience. Students created three disaster-themed challenge games and produced sound effects and background music for scenarios like earthquakes, aiming to create a realistic atmosphere. The woodworking class brought in vocational instructors to teach students skills from measuring and cutting raw wood to assembling and painting models, including wooden sailboats and desk chairs.

School principal Yang Shichuan emphasized that the exploration education aims to cultivate students' abilities in active inquiry, courageous experimentation, and innovative thinking. Student Tu Yuxian explained that the canned meal project, using tuna as a base, aimed to combine preservation with local characteristics, reflecting the importance of the Qianzhen Fishing Port.

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Qianzhen Fishing Port is Taiwan's largest deep-sea fishing base, so we designed the disaster prevention meal with tuna cans as the main ingredient, hoping to balance preservation and local characteristics.