Disaster Prevention Learningin elementary school
after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Kiyoshi ARAAKE
2019.7.23 Koya Elementary School,
Watari town

Lessonlearnt from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami

Understand disasters previouslyPrepare for disasters in advance• No.1 method:Experience• No.2 method:
Education

Eight years ago,the catastropheoccurred in Miyagi .

You were １ years old
if you are now a 4th grader.

You were ２ years old
if you are now a 5th grader.

You were ３ years old
if you are now a 6th grader.

You were ０ year old baby
if you are now a 3rd grader.

・・・
if you are now a 2rd grader.
if you are now a 1rd grader.

This learning isdedicated to thedeceased spirits of18,430 persons
in the Great East
Japan Earthquake

March 11, 2011
2 : 46 pm

Let’s find out

East of Miyagi
Sendai

Higashi Matsushima City

Overview of the Impact of the Great East Japan
Earthquake on Miyagi Education(presented by Miyagi Pref. Educational Committee)

250（by district） EastArea

200150仙台市
Sendai City219 Students

大河原
Oogawara
Sendai
仙台74 Students
Ookawa Elementary School100500North Area
北部
East Area
東部

SendaiSendai
City

児童生徒
Students

MinamiSanriku

Minami Sanriku
南三陸East

東部
Area

教職員
Teachersand Staff

The school had protected us
from the big earthquakes.

It finished resistance construction in 2010.
But, it couldn’t beat Tsumami

So…

Question ①

So…

How fast isTsunami?

It’s like as fast
as an Olympic
runner is.

It runs 100
meters in
10 seconds.

It’s equivalent
to AsukaCambridge’srecord.

And one more

Question ②

And one more

To sweep away
people,how high should
the tsunami be?

「 30 cm scale 」
is Its height.

「 30 cm scale 」
Let’s see howhigh it is.

Think about theswimming poolin our school※ waterwallOn that day

Question ③（ Mathematicsfor the 2nd grader）

On that day

How high was
Tsunami thatrushed into us?

【Answer】

・The height of Tsunami was

1m ９０ ㎝

【Proof】◎above the floor:
１m30㎝
under the floor:（The base of school）

60㎝

「Foundation」（Base）

Tsunamicomesagain
andagain.

Question ④（ Science for the 5th grader）

Which part of
the riverbank can beaffected by a tsunami ?

Even in the area located 3 km
away from the coast, the houses
were flooded by tsunami above
floor level.

Teachers’
room was…

Question⑤

What I found in adrawer of a desk was…

•The shrimp hasgone to heaven.

I lost a lot of stuff for mywork
Brand-new car

Digital camera

3,500,000 yen＜ 9,800 yen

Question⑥（Mathematics for the 3rd graders）

The following description
looks wrong. Guess what
I want to say?
Brand-new car

Digital camera

3,500,000 yen＜ 9,800 yen• I am going to talk about
what you remember thethmost about the March 11disaster.

Question⑦th（Science for the 4 graders）

What do you think thisequipment was used for?

Memories of the disaster（Mar. 11）

Equipment usually used inexperiments

Very usefulfor babies

Question⑧（Health Education for the 3rd graders）

What do you thinkwe wrote on the large
sheet of paper ?

Memories of the disaster（Mar. 12）「水 」 「食 」

Memories of the disaster（Mar. 12）

We wrote“Water” “Food”
in large letters with a calligraphy brushMemories of the disaster（Mar.13）

Food and other relief
supplies finally arrived
at the school.

Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）

After 2 days without food,
what we first ate was…

Question⑨(Mathematics for the 6th graders)How much bread do you
think we could receive ?

Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）
First supplies delivered on the 3rd day

19 loaves of bread（145 slices）

870 evacuees

Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）
First supplies delivered on the 3rd dayＢｒｅａｄEvacuees

１４５ ÷ ８７０
（How much can each person eat ?）Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）
First supplies delivered on the 3rd dayＢｒｅａｄEvacuees

１ ： ６ ＝（ How much can each person eat ? ）Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）
First supplies delivered on the 3rd dayＢｒｅａｄEvacuees

1 slice was shard by

6 people

Memories of the disaster（Mar.13）
First supplies delivered on the 3rd day

This is the amount
one person could
eat each day.

Memories of the disaster（Mar.17）
Supplies delivered ・・・ the 7th day

This kind of stuff arrived.

Question⑩（Cooking class forththe 5 graders.)

How and what were
we able to cook ?

School Kitchenon the 1st floor
was inundated

Spring water＋Eggs＋Heat

Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs
Boiled eggs Boiled eggs

Bananas Bananas
Bananas Bananas
Bananas Bananas
Bananas Bananas
Bananas Bananas

Bananas
Boiled eggs Bananas
Boiled eggs Bananas
Boiled eggs Bananas
Boiled eggs Bananas
Boiled eggs

Memories of the disaster（Apr. 1）

Bicycles werevery useful.

Question⑪th(Science for the 6 graders.）

Why didbicycles rust?

【Question⑪】◎Bicycles rusted because they

①became old②were washed with water③ran on the road【Answer】◎Bicycles rusted because they

③ran on the road

Because the roads
inundated bytsunami are full of.

Because the roads
inundated bytsunami are full ofsaline matter.

Salt causes
plants to die andthe iron to rust.

However,Cherry Blossoms
bloomed.
That made people feel

Memories of the disaster（Aug. 25)

These tiny things made us happy.

We thank
all the people ofthe nationand the world

We discarded

We washedWe received

From all the nation,
all the world,
We received
huge amount ofrelief supplyWe received also fromKumamoto pref……
Thanks a lot!
It made us smile!

◆Mental and physical care

～When you have anxiety
or confusion in your mind～

1 話す（hanasu）
2 放す（hanasu）
3 離す（hanasu）

◆Mental and physical care

１． Talk
２． Release
３． Leave◆Mental and physical care 1～Talk～＊Say it aloudQuestion⑫（Health educationththfor 5 and 6graders.）

Your feelings such as“It’s so painful.”“I’m sad.”“I’m having
a hard time.”

If you cannot tellthose feelings toanyone,

How can you
express your feelings
and share themwith others?

【Mask for warding oｆｆthe evil 】

◆Mental and physical care

~Not only in the disaster~◆Mental and physical care
～When you have anxiety
or confusion in your mind～◆Mental and physical care

~Please remember this~To elemental school students

When you overcame
something sad orwhen you did thehard work,To elemental school students

Strong mind,
mental fortitude
and kindness grow

We willcontinue to do
our best inMiyagi,

Hung in there,
kids in Kumamoto!

That’s allfor today.

Disaster Prevention Learningin elementary school
after the Great East Japan Earthquake

I would like to conclude mytalk.
Thank you very muchfor your kind attention.

Kiyoshi ARAAKE
Koya Elementary School,
Watari town