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"Guardians’ Mentors," creators of the project "Guardians of the Plant Kingdom," hail from Yong’an Elementary School in Zhongshan District, Taipei City, and Jieshou Elementary School in Fuxing District, Taoyuan City. They were honored with the 2023 XR Reality Education Creative Award for Teachers: the XR New Media Content Teaching Material Creation Excellence Award and the HTC MVP Special Award.

▍Teaching Plan/Material Design Concept

"Guardians of the Plant Kingdom" is an interdisciplinary teaching plan that combines the elementary school mid-grade natural sciences unit "Understanding Plants" with the comprehensive arts unit "Exploring the Joy of Aesthetics," divided into two phases. The first phase uses a fairy tale to spark interest, where students play the role of brave guardians of a fairy tale kingdom, learning about plants in various MR (Mixed Reality) fairy tale scenes and helping fairy tale characters solve problems. The second phase integrates reality-based puzzles with plant handbooks, puzzles, and cards, where after solving the puzzles, students search the campus for corresponding plants. They also use AR point-collection cards to learn about plants and appreciate the beauty of campus flora, effectively combining learning with daily life.

▍Course Teaching Features

1.Interdisciplinary Curriculum: In line with the spirit of the 108 Curriculum Guidelines, this course integrates natural sciences and comprehensive arts. In addition to learning about plants, students also practice teamwork and explore the beauty of campus plants.

2.PBL (Project-Based Learning) Course Design: Students take on roles within a context, solving puzzles to advance the storyline, which enhances their motivation to explore and learn.

3.Technology Integration: Depending on the learning scenario, appropriate XR projects and technological media are integrated, such as incorporating MR (Mixed Reality) into the fairy tale kingdom, using recognition cards and point-collection cards to explore the beauty of the campus, and attaching AR explanations and extended learning links to campus plants.