Heat island phenomena We must consider about how our activities of everyday life affect physical environment by measuring temperature of the air around us. The purpose of this section is studying environment of the earth starting with observing our local environment. Think about the physical environment with expanding from Japan through Asia, to the world. In this program, students are asked to listen to sounds of their place, such as their house, their school, etc. carefully.
Sounds make students recognize a change of environment, and rouse the feeling of seasons.
Through this program, students will realize and consider the importance of sound environment. In this program, students examine acidity of a rain fall and observe erosion on the surface of marble to investigate what kind of influence have acid deposition on the environment. Students also compare data of acid deposition obtained from wide areas and understand the actual condition of the acid deposition. In this program, students observe and learn the environment related to water bodies from the viewpoint of science, geography and sociology. What is expected in this program is that the learning and observation result in the recognition of relation between water bodies and human life, and the conservation of river, lake and pond.