Design of an Environmental Education Material Based on Field Observations

Author

Takemata, Kazuya ; Minamide, Akiyuki ; Kawata, Yoshiyuki

Author_Institution

Kanazawa Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

15-17 July 2009

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

250

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2009.108

Filename

5194216