Development of a Flood Control Education Program Utilizing a Drone and Virtual Reality

Abstract

We attempted to develop a program that allows children to understand local rivers and think about flood control of local rivers by experiencing educational practices using a drone and virtual reality.

This program comprises three parts, namely:

(1) learning of modern methods of flood control and traditional methods of flood control using the Constructive Jigsaw Method,(2) individual river observation using virtual reality, and (3) lecture by a river manager (staff from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism).

This flood control education program increased the children’s interest in and deepened their understanding of river basin flood control. We also obtained suggestions for the educational characteristics of drones and virtual reality.