Development of an Education Program on Water Current, Disaster Prevention, Volcanos and Strata Utilizing a Combination of Room Experiment Modules

Abstract

We developed the following new teaching materials: 1) an easy method for the generation of pseudo magma on a desk; and, 2) a folding 3D model for learning about rivers and flood prevention. Furthermore, we developed a teaching program for use in classroom study by sixth-grade elementary students dealing with “formation and change of land” by utilizing these new teaching materials and a precedent study. The teaching program we developed can be conducted indoors and the preparations are easy. It was concluded that this teaching program enhanced children’s interests in earth science and increased their capacity and ability in the new guidelines on teaching.