2014 Volume 25 Issue 4 Pages 263-268
Scientific affairs concerning the environment and material cycles are comprised of many fields, including physics, chemistry and biology. Environmental experts have not yet studied all the possible fields using official step-by-step studies but have been able to acquire knowledge through more practical means : memorization and linking. Although traditional education systems have preferred step-by-step learning to memorization and linking, the latter is now expected to win out and prevail at schools in order to increase the number of students learning about environmental issues through the sciences. One effective way of making this change would be to introduce these fields within the entrance examinations for schools and universities.
Social knowledge about the environment and material cycles has also been provided by local governments, however the content is still not fully satisfactory. This is why citizens will certainly welcome the establishment of the Museum for Environment and Material Cycles, which will have on exhibit simple scientific attractions, including a human-powered TV, charcoal production in a quartz furnace, and a PET bottle combat vehicle.
