Development of Teaching Materials for Disaster Resilience Education Through a Teacher Collaborative Research

‐Learning of Radioactive Cesium Using Panel Theater‐

Abstract

This study is focusing on a relationship between stress and understanding. To relieve a stress of the child who restricts a life by radioactivity pollution by a nuclear power plant accident, education focused on the “whys” and “hows” is effective. By joint research of a researchers and teachers, We produced the “Invisible Cesium Boy” Panel Theater as educational materials about nuclear power plants and Cesium 137 . We show the construction of “Invisible Cesium Boy” Panel Theater , and consider the utility as the learning materials of it. According to an analysis examples in the class of the science of elementary school upper grades, Children could understand easily that “Where Cesium Boy come from ?”, “Why is Cesium Boy dangerous ?”“What kind of thing should We be careful ?. In this case, We confirmed that child's stress is reduced by sharing fearfulness to the cesium with adult.