World Water Day Makes a Schoolwide Splash 世界水日让校园动起来

This week, Year 7 students conducted a schoolwide fundraiser in honor of World Water Day. In addition to a lunchtime bake sale and games, all proceeds of which were donated directly to the charity Water for South Sudan, students presented research projects on water availability and water pollution to raise awareness regarding both of these worldwide crises. 

北京耀中七年级的学生在这周进行了一次全校范围内的募捐来纪念世界水日。除了午餐售卖和游戏外，所有的款项都是直接捐赠给南苏丹用水慈善会，学生们以递交水资源的可利用性以及水污水的调查报告来提高人们对于这两大世界范围内的危机的重视。

Thanks to their efforts, our Year 7 students raised over 6,000 RMB in just a few hours for this important charity, plus demonstrated their commitment to global citizenship with their inspiring projects and presentations.

通过Y7同学们的努力，在几个小时内为慈善总计筹款6000多人民币，他们用鼓舞人心的项目展示了他们对世界公民的承诺。

According to Alana Martin, Year 7 English and Humanities Teacher and principal organizer of this event, Year 7 students have been learning about water all year, learning not just about the origins of water, water on earth, and other scientific facts, but also how water shapes the human experience.” 

七年级英文和人文老师，同时也是这次活动的主要组织者，Alana Martin说，七年级学生整年都在学习水的相关知识，包括水的起源，地球上的水以及其他科学事实，还有水是如何影响人类历史的。

World Water Day, and the corresponding fundraiser, served as a rally point for students to create projects based on what they’d been learning about throughout the year, motivating students to pour extra effort into their projects.

世界水日和募捐人的善举是促使我们的学生针对自己的学习内容开展活动并全身心投入的关键点。

Below, with Ms. Martin’s help, we outlined just a few of the benefits that projects like these bring to our students.

借助Martin的帮助，我们梳理了此类活动给我们学生带来的好处。

The projects were also an excellent example of the role that teachers embrace at YCIS Beijing: a supporting guide for student development rather than the central focus of a classroom. Ms. Martin remarks, “I didn’t tell them what they had to research or what they had to make. I only told them they could choose the role of publicist or innovator, then helped to guide them in conducting their research and creating their own projects.” 

这个活动很好地展现了耀中老师所扮演的角色：他们带领学生进步，而不是禁锢在教室里。Martin老师表示，我没有告诉他们去调查什么或者他们要做什么，我只是说他们可以选择成为宣传者或者创新者，然后在他们的研究过程中提供指导。

This freedom of learning increased student enthusiasm; the students ended up really caring about what they built and put in front of their audience.

这种自由学习模式激发了学生的热情，学生们非常享受他们的学习成果并非常乐意于展示出来。

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