Abstract
To widely conduct educational activities to protect lives from tsunami, the author has developed teaching materials called “Workshop for Tsunami Disaster Prevention”. For the present study, 15 workshops were held for students aged 1117.
Questionnaire survey results for the students who attended the workshops included the following difference in response. Students 12 years old and under thought that evacuation to high places was the most important thing to remember in the event of a tsunami. On the other hand, students 13 years old and over thought that it was most important to take the initiative to evacuate and to promise to their families that they would evacuate themselves in order to save everyone’s lives from the tsunami. The above difference in the survey results suggests that students’ understanding changes according to age.
