Activities of “Umi-iku," a new proposal for marine education related to sea food in elementary schools

Abstract

　　In this study, we aimed to develop teaching materials and a new education opportunity related to "food" entitled "Umi-iku" in order to promote marine education. In cooperation with Anamizu elementary school and Koyo elementary school of Anamizu Town in Ishikawa prefecture, fish-cards, buntings and streamers were made from drawings by elementary school students of sea products, a specialty of the area. The fish-cards completed were distributed to visitors at the annual jumbo oyster festival of Anamizu Town, and the buntings and streamers were put up at the festival. The fish-cards were also used in review studies at those elementary schools. In addition, in order to examine the learning outcomes, a self-evaluation questionnaire-based survey was conducted before and after the activities with third graders at Koyo Elementary School.