Practical Use of Rice Plant Cultivation in Junior High School Science Education

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  • 水田栽培をとりいれた中学校理科教育
  • 報告・資料 水田栽培をとりいれた中学校理科教育
  • ホウコク シリョウ スイデン サイバイ オ トリイレタ チュウガッコウ リカ キョウイク

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<p>There is little natural environment in the life of urban junior high school students.</p><p>Thus, most students have difficulty recognizing the rice plant (Oryza sativa L.), because they have not had the opportunity of coming into direct contact with it. Therefore, we decided to perform a rice plant cultivation experiment at our junior high school. Our purpose was to let students experience a real life rice paddy environment, similar to one experienced by junior high school students living in the countryside.</p><p>During the experiment many students took part. It was important for them as they could appreciate how rice is cultivated and how they themselves could cultivate an important japanese foodstuff that they were not previously able to recognize. Besides this, the students also realized that the rice paddy was an “aquarium” in the fields and a place of learning on its own merit. After reaping the crop, a survey of it was conducted in class. During the class students were able to handle it and hence develop a deeper understanding of the rice plant.</p><p>In 1993 the rice crop in Japan was poor, in large extent due to the unusually cool and wet summer. The relationship between rice and the weather was considered anew, and in the future, this relationship will hopefully be made clear. As teachers we should strive to instruct students on the importance of the paddy field environment and on the importance of the global environment.</p>

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