Abstract
The Asahikawa Environmental Map Contest is held annually at Asahikawa City, Japan, in order to enhance environmental awareness of school children, and to improve their skills of out-door observation, map-making and map-use. In order to make and present environmental maps,the children will generally follow the process set as below.
1) project planning 2)preparation for field survey 3)field survey & observation 4)mapping/recording 5)map making 6)map reading & interpretation 7)presentation
The environmental map education is an effective means of improving the children’s comprehensive scientific skill which can be utilized for school improvement and community development, disaster prevention and environmental assessment. The paper reviews the progress of the Asahikawa Environmental Map Contest, and discuss it is characteristic and significance.
