Abstract
Various teaching materials such as specimens, worksheets, and digital teaching materials have been used in elementary schools where live insects such as cabbage butterfly and swallowtail are not available. However, it has been reported that children cannot correctly understand the 「Insect morphology」by learning using these teaching materials that do not deal with living insects (Shiba et al. 2008, 2009). Therefore, in this study, we developed and evaluated the teaching materials that can be used in the unit of 「Insect morphology」 in the third grade of elementary school.
The analysis revealed the following three results: 1) The fact that lessons using ants are desirable from textbooks and elementary school surveys, 2) The developed ant picture book promotes children's understanding of 「Insect morphology,」 3) Ant picture book It was clarified that was a teaching material that promotes and connects not only the abstract experience of 「observing」 but also the direct experience of 「practical use」 and 「experience yourself.」
From there, it was suggested that the developed picture book promotes children's learning and understanding of 「Insect morphology」 and is easy for teachers to teach.
