Wonders of Life-Global Arts Projects in iEARN Taiwan By Grace Ma and Jane Kang Affiliated Senior High School of NKNU, Taiwan In October, 2002, several schools in Taiwan started work in iEARN's Global Art Project. Here Taiwanese students show their artworks with love and respect to those who live on this spectacular earth. They do it with essays, pictures of their own and poems as well.

I. Introduction
There are three Global Arts projects done by the school students: A Sense of Caring, Beauty of the Beasts and Side by Side. About 60 of the second graders and tenth graders in the Affiliated Senior High of NKNU (ASHS) finished the project of A Sense of Caring. About 30 of the third graders of ASHS finished the project of Beauty of the Beasts. About 38 of the fifth graders of finished the project of Side by Side. About 15 of the first graders of Kuai-lin Primary school finished the project of Beauty of the Beasts as well.

II. What do the students care about?
They have a wide range of care. Some primary kids concern animals, like sharks, spoonbills, etc. Some worry homeless little girls or boys. One student even cares about cars! He felt awfully sorry for the cars crashed in accidents. Some senior high students cared about the earth. They hope people in this world will treat others nicely and make the world a better place to live. Next, they concern about stray dogs. Then, some of them care for the elders, friends, and family. Schoolwork is another concern. They worry their grades and future.

III. What beasts are concerned? (for the Beauty of the Beasts Project)
There are many animals peculiar to Taiwan only, such as the Formosan landlocked Salmon, Spotted Deer and 5-colored birds. Through the project, students learn their characteristics, inhabitants and their importance to the natural environment. They painted, told stories and wrote down their reflections. They enjoyed the beauty of the beasts and learned to love and care those endangered species.

IV. How to stand side by side? (for the Side by Side Project)
It was a hard job for three to four students to put their portraits on a sheet of paper. But the fifth graders did a great job. They showed their own creativity and imagination on their self-image. For example, some presented themselves as warriors in the ancient time, some as girls in the most trendy outfit 10 years from now and still others imagined to be invisible or a NBA player, etc. From this project, they learn to set up a clear image of themselves and also how to cooperate with one another. The most important of all, they learn self-respect and the differences among people. Therefore, they come to have more mutual respect and a closer relationship with all mankind.

V. Conclusion
From these projects, we learn that, first, there's no age limit on the Global Art project, especially A Sense of Caring. Whether K-12 or in college, students can learn how to care about others. Secondly, a picture speaks thousands of words. The lovely paintings tell us many wonders of life.

Images of Caring from 2nd Grade Students I care for the little turtle, because its owner abandoned it. Many creatures in the sea bullied him. Je-yi Wang   I care for the orphan because she left home without being sent to the orphanage. Cheng-Hisang Ping

Side by Side from 5th Grade Students My name is Rebecca. I am eleven years old. This picture represents what I look like now. My hair is short and I have big eyes. I like to wear fashionable dresses and have fashionable hairstyle. I often wear this suit to go shopping, because when I wear it I look like a lady. My name is Ryan. This picture represents a very very skinny man. It's me. I draw this skinny man because I eat very little. I am Abner. This picture is what I look like nine thousand years ago. I am twenty years old. I wear a piece of animal skin and have long hair. I use a long spear to hunt animals. I am the chief of a tribe and we live near the river. I am the best hunter in the area. I am living happily in my tribe. My name is Tiffany. This picture represents my future after ten years later. I wear the most fashionable clothes. I have the hairstyle and wear the clothes that I like. I want to be myself.

A Sense of Caring from 10th Grade Students I draw an airplane and a bird. It is about an airplane hit a bird. You might ask me why I draw them. I will tell you it is a very hard question. Because I can't explain clearly. When I draw this picture, I just think of our country-Taiwan, because there are too many airplane accidents in Taiwan. I worry about that. It will make our national security become weaker and weaker. I hope the accidents will never happen again. By White Tsai

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