2022 Volume 53 Pages 58-63
We developed a VR field observation program for junior school students to estimate sedimentary environments, which is one of the science class topics in junior high school. We conducted a case study of the Shiramazu Formation of the Neogene Chikura Group. The questionnaire survey and analysis of students' worksheets indicated that:（1）VR field observation effectively motivates students, and（2）junior high school students can sufficiently estimate the depositional environment through VR field observation. VR field observations can be implemented to match the actual conditions of schools and regions. Also, this can be achieved by reinforcing VR image data from other outcrops as well as increasing the number of target areas and sedimentary environments to be estimated.
