Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School Grade 8 students have taken four-week journeys to the village of Xizhou in Southwest China's Yunnan Province as participants in the school's Microcampus program. As representatives of their campuses, these students leave the "bubble" of their home city of 22 million people and become immersed in a new community of 2000 people, 2000 kilometers from home, at 2000 meters above sea level.
The Wildfires group--the twenty-third--were in Xizhou from March 9th through April 5th, 2019. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
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I chose water treatment as my inquiry project topic because I was curious about the long drought in Yunnan (according to research 30 years in a row and still hasn't ended.) I was really curious about how the province... more
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For the Microcampus inquiry project, I decided to focus on the textiles of Xizhou. I got the idea over Chinese New Year when I traveled to India for a week. My mom was really excited to see all the beautiful... more
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I chose the topic of the Erhai Lake region geology and landforms because I have a desire to be in nature. I was born in a town with an interesting rock formations that I do not really know much about. I want to find out how China's geography is changing. I can possibly help the... more
