Digital teaching materials for Science Education in Japan

1. Digital teaching materials for Science Education in Japan Kumano Junior High School in Hiroshima HARADA JIRO 2004 .3 . 3 （Wed）　in Korea

2. Hiroshima prefecture JAPAN TOKYO Calligraphy brush Hiroshima Univ. Hiroshima Airport Kumano J.H.S Special product Hiroshima city （market share : 85% in Japan）

3. Kumano Junior High School School DATA ■Student 340 ■Classroom 10

4. e-Japan priority policy program The Japanese government Complete equipment of Computer ■MEDIA ROOM Elementary school ・・・42 sets Junior high school　・・・42 sets High school　・・・・・・・・42 sets ■USUAL ROOM 2 sets per classroom Media room ■SPECIAL ROOM (science room e.t.c.) 6 sets per school By the end of 2005 All computers are connected to the high-speed Internet.

5. Development of Digital teaching materials for Science education e-Japan priority policy program Project Development of innovative digital teaching materials for science education Japan Science and Technoｌogy Agency (1) Development of the teaching materials which is concerned about technology and science for the improvement of study through active student involvement (2) Development of the teaching materials in which the innovative science education using IT base is possible Purpose of project (3) Development of the teaching materials which give relation to technology and schools (4) Development of teaching materials with high practicality and validity reflecting the needs at schools

6. Development teaching materials in the 2001 25 contents

7. Development teaching materials in the 2002 21 contents

8. Reading is “Rika Network” Japan Science and Technoｌogy Agency Digital teaching material offer system in Science Education

9. The main features of “RIKA NETWORK” (1) The teaching materials can be used for free of charge, when a teacher uses it for their lessons. (User registration is required.) (2) The teaching materials were developed for the large classroom with an average size of 35 students. (3) The latest research result is contained as developed contents. (4) Teachers can freely edit and organize 10 thousand teaching materials. (5) The teacher’s guides and the worksheets are appended and it can be used for the preparation of a lesson. (6) The teaching materials can be accessed by downloading and through a mailing application as well as previewing through the Web.

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11. heat energy light energy Kinetic energy chemical energy Potential energy electric energy The feature of the energy teaching materials which we made ① Energy which is not visible is character-ized by CG, and a character is classified by color for every kind of energy.

12. The feature of the energy teaching materials which we made ② Potential energy energy conversion Kinetic energy By laying CG on top of an on-the-spot photo image, energy conversion is expressed because the color of a character changes.

13. 【CONTENTS LIST】 （１）What is the Energy ? （２）Kinetic energy and Potential energy （３）Law of conservation of mechanical energy （４）Energy of various kinds and energy conversion （５）Generation of electricity （６）Relation between Work and Energy ６０ points A roller coaster Equipment which raises fire

14. At the production studio “Simple pendulum”

15. Introduction of our produced digital contents