Title :
Design of an Environmental Education Material Based on Field Observations
Author :
Takemata, Kazuya ; Minamide, Akiyuki ; Kawata, Yoshiyuki
Author_Institution :
Kanazawa Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
The objective of this study was to develop an environmental education material that is appropriate to Kanazawa. Since 2003, we have been observing the summer ground air temperature in Kanazawa, Japan. The results are effectively applied as teaching materials for environmental education classes. The curriculum contents are used to explain the land use and the heat environment in Kanazawa. This paper contains a description of the teaching materials and the system used for observing the temperature in Kanazawa.
Keywords :
atmospheric temperature; computer aided instruction; educational aids; environmental science computing; Kanazawa, Japan; environmental education material; field observation; heat environment in Kanazawa; summer ground air temperature; temperature observation; Appropriate technology; Cities and towns; Education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Land surface temperature; Meteorology; Observatories; Ocean temperature; Wind speed; Air temperature Observation; Educational Material; Heat island;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009. ICALT 2009. Ninth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Riga
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3711-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3711-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2009.108
