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Contentsii

An Official Picturevii

A Program of the Meetingviii

List of Participants

xPreface

Masafumi Matsumuraxi

Hideo Shinoharaxii

On the Main ThemeTALKS ON THE MAIN THEME
Cooperation between Astronomical Society of Japan and School/Public Education Societies
on Astronomy Education

Yoshiaki Sofue

1

On the School Education Session

Naoki Matsumoto, Nao Narita

7What should be taught about the astronomical field in the school?

Takao Mizuno

10Yoichi WATANABE19Bunji Suzuki

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Kyohei Ando, Akika Nakamichi

26

Takehiko Kuroda

28

Shoichi Itoh37

Tetsuya Ito, Toshihiro Handa

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Kentaro Yaji

48

Shin Mineshige

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How should the educational system be improved for that?
Practice Report of an Astronomy Class in Junior High School
Highlight and Shadow in Astro-HS Network
On the Social Education Session

How to Advance to Social Education and Lifelong Learning
Planetaria in Japan, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

A Science Live Show “UNIVERSE” − Its history in ten years and futureDiscussion

A TALK ON ASTRONOMY
How do black holes look like?

TALKS
Experience of Asteroid Detection Software in general public presentation

Mai Kikukawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Hirohisa Kurosaki

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On the original school subject “Science of the Univers” at Kamogata Senior High School

Osamu Ohshima

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Teaching Material of Astronomy using PC

Kazushi Sakka

71

On the Universal Design Working Group

Chair: Shin Mineshige

74

From “What is our Universe?” to “what is Astronomy?”

Satô Akisato

80“What does it matter to me?” Syndrome

Satô Akisato

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Perpetual Calendar made of Sliding Boards

Satô Akisato

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Invitation to test the Compton’s Experiment and Deflection of falling Bodies

Satô Akisato- iv -90

A Catalogue of Historic Sites of Astronomy in Japan and the Use for Education

Atsushi Matsuo

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Jun Takahashi

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The Research project on Luminosity of the Night Sky at IBARAKI-pref.

Takuro CHISHIMA and Yoshiharu ITO 102

Activity of Dark Sky Meter 2005
Internet Venus Live using internet telescope

Takuro CHISHIMA, Shingo NARITA and Yoshiharu ITO 106
Plan of make a database of Science Text Books in JapanKen Tsukada, Takao Mizuno

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Masafumi Matsumura

115

Misconceptions about Astronomy in a University Class

Foresight of the "Astro-HS" from the questionnaire to the participantsHideo Shinohara, Astro-HS Management commission

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ARIMOTO Jun'ichi 124

International Survey on Astronomical Education
20 Years in Science Education and Popularization that Centers

Tomoya NAGAI 127

on Astronomical Education in the Future
The TENPLA Project 1. Where we are going to?

Naohiro Takanashi, Masa'aki Hiramatsu, Ken Tsukada, and tenpla.net

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The TENPLA Project 2. How we can enjoy Astronomy with local peoples?

Naohiro Takanashi, Masa'aki Hiramatsu, Ken Tsukada, and tenpla.net

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The TENPLA Project 3. Astronomical Toilet Paper

Masa'aki Hiramatsu, Naohiro Takanashi, Ken Tsukada, and tenpla.net

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The TENPLA Project 4. Astro-KARUTA

Masa'aki Hiramatsu, Naohiro Takanashi, Ken Tsukada, and tenpla.net

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The TENPLA Project 5. Science Café

K. Tsukada, N. Takanashi, M. Hiramatsu, and tenpla.net 144
Cooperation between the Yonago National College of Technology
and the Child Culture Center of Yonago City

Akitsugu Takeuchi, Takashi Yamawaki, Shinsuke Tsukada, Minoru Yushima 148
Activity of Incorporated NPO “Kokoro-Planet”

Natsuko ONO, Ken TSUKADA 151

The simple method of investigating the light pollution
using a digital single lens reflex camera
Cultivation of science culture I

Evaluation of the research communication

Hidehiko AGATA 159“astronomy pub” with citizens
Cultivation of science culture IIToshihiko Masui 153

Proposal for Improving the Curriculum of High School

Hidehiko AGATA, Yukiko MOTOMURA , Etuko NAGAYAMA , Taku NISIKAWA 165
Cultivation of science culture III

The aim of science show "Scientific Iron Man"

Hidehiko AGATA 171
3rd Year Progress of AMANOJUKU, The astronomy lecture from graduate students

Seiichiro Naito, Hidekazu Hanayama, Masaaki Hiramatsu and Arihiro Mizutani 174-v-Natsuko ONO☆ 177

Let's try the game of "88 constellations"

We ask “What's the present circumstances for astronomical institutions?”

Natsuko ONO, Kyohei ANDO 181

A SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Ken Tsukada

Astronomical picture books and children’s books exhibition.

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BUISINESS REPORTS
An Annual Report on the Tohoku Section Subcommittee

Yoshiharu ITO 187

An Annual Report on the Kanto-Section Subcommittee

Naoki Matsumoto 188

An Annual Report on the Chubu-Section Subcommittee

Kanji Hattori 189

An Annual Report on the Kinki-Section Subcommittee

Nao Narita 190

An Annual Report on the Activities of Chugoku-Shikoku Section

Atsushi Matsuo and Masafumi Matsumura 191
Natsuko ONO 192

Planetarium Working GroupA Financial Report on the 20th Meeting on Astronomy Education

Hideo Shinohara 194

APPENDICESStatement on the Designated Manager System (Shitei-Kanrisha-Seido)

195

Remarks on the New Definition of a Planet

196

A report of the Kanto Regional Meeting on 20 November 2005

Hideo Shinohara 197

A report of the Kanto Regional Meeting on 10 June 2006

Naoki Matsumoto 200

The Regulations of the Society for Teaching and Popularization of Astronomy- vi -205