Abstract
This study discusses collaboration between schools and museums for teacher support, and concludes as follows : (1) Much scientific information is contained in Japanese textbooks. (2) Half of the teachers have difficulties with units including scientific information in Japanese textbooks. The reason for this is a lack of scientific knowledge on the part of teachers. However, only a few teachers visit museums for the purpose of acquiring information. (3) Museums in Aichi, Gifu and Mie were investigated about whether they have scientific information for Japanese textbooks. Results showed that more than half of the information can be found in several museums. To make it convenient for teachers to use these museums as sources of information, a list of museums was made that can provide the necessary information on their respective scientific fields.
