The Development of Teaching Materials for IR Thermography

Abstract

The author has developed teaching materials for Infra-Red (IR) Thermography. The device is called “FLIR ONE” and costs ¥29,880. I took photos of the teaching materials, including homeothermic animals and poikilo thermic animals, electric devices, experimental tools and the outside environment. A university professor showed these photos to undergraduate students who are freshmen and sophomores in a primary teacher training course in the university. The students made written comments on the effectiveness of these photos. They also stated that they want to buy the device and use it themselves. It is considered that images by IR Thermography are very useful for understanding about heat conduction and biological therms.