Learning geology from a gold-mining town.
Guashan Elementary began as a branch school in 1918 and became independent in 1922. Located in Jinguashi, once one of Taiwan's most productive gold-mining towns, the school has been renamed multiple times over the decades — from "Jinguashi Public School" (金瓜石公學校) to "Jinguashi East National School" (金瓜石東國民學校) before becoming today's Guashan Elementary. It incorporates the area's mining landscape and geology directly into its environmental-education curriculum.
瓜山國小1918年以分校形式創立,1922年獨立設校。學校位於曾是臺灣最重要金礦產地之一的金瓜石,歷經多次更名——從「金瓜石公學校」到「金瓜石東國民學校」,最終定名為今日的瓜山國小。學校將當地的礦業地景與地質直接融入環境教育課程之中。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⛏️ Mining Geology as a Living Classroom
礦業地質活教材
The school directly incorporates Jinguashi's mining landscape and geology into its environmental-education curriculum.
📜 A School Renamed With the Times
隨時代更名
Renamed multiple times — from 'Jinguashi Public School' to 'Jinguashi East National School' to today's Guashan Elementary — tracking Taiwan's changing eras.
🏔️ In the Heart of the Historic Gold-Mining Town
金瓜石礦業聚落核心
Located in Jinguashi, once one of Taiwan's most productive gold-mining towns, now home to the Gold Ecological Park museum.
Where the classroom is the mining landscape itself.
Located in Jinguashi, the historic gold-mining town, Guashan Elementary incorporates the area's mining heritage and geology directly into its curriculum. See the New Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 306, Wuhaolu, Shishan Vil., Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
新北市瑞芳區石山里五號路306號
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