Abstract
Based on the framework showed in the first report, we developed an 8-hour lesson entitled "Consumer and Environment, Resources and Energy." The lesson was tried out in an 11th grade high school class in Yamanashi Prefecture The effectiveness of the lesson was assessed by asking students to do pre- and post-lesson questionnaires, analyzing the contents of the worksheets students did during the lesson, observing the lesson as it was taught by teachers, and by analyzing students and teachers responses to a questionnaire provided 10 months after the lesson The primary results were as follows. 1. Students lacked knowledge and understanding about environmental words before the lesson, but after the lesson they gained knowledge and understanding and they showed a willingness to behave in an environmentally-aware way 2. Students were able to critically assess their current life-style after they learned about their impact on the environment and the impact of global actions on the environment 3. Students understood consumer responsibility m environmental decision-making, as a result of lesson activities such as selecting a low-energy consuming refrigerator from catalogues, and choosing environmentally friendly products m a supermarket
