1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
THE BASIC RESEARCH ON THE PRACTICAL USE OF THE FOSSIL FORAMINIFERA IN THE EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION
| Project/Area Number |
04680319
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Research Field |
Education on school subjects and activities
|
|---|
| Research Institution | KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
HATTA Akio KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PROFESSOR, 教育学部, 教授 (40172928)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
|
| Keywords | Earth Science Education / Science Education / Examination and Observation / Foraminifera / Recent Foraminifera / Fossil foraminifera / "Hoshi-zuna"(star sand) / Practical use for Education |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
The basic research on the Foraminifera were carried out for active science education by practical using of local foraminiferal materials. The previous works relative the South Kyushuy and Southwest Islands were researched and indicated as the correlative clumuner table of the geology of these areas. The mothods of crushing of the rock materials of the Miyazaki, Kukinaga and Shimajiri Groups were examined by using Hydrogen Peroxide (H_2O_2) and Sodium Sulphate (Na_2SO_4) solution. The foraminiferal groups belonging to Genus Baculogypsina, Baculogypsinoides and Calcarina, called popularly as "hoshi-zuna" which means star sand, are spreding over the Southwest Islands of South Kyushu. These species were studied and indicated the distribution and the features of these species. There was a foraminiferal assemblage of the Calcarina hispida BRADY in the Kuchino-shima, the most north part of Island of the Tokara Islands and there was a few Calcarina Defrancii D'ORBIGNY in the Amphistegina lesoni-Marginopora vertebralis assemblage of the Takeshima of Oosumi Islands. In this research project, two papers were already published. One is the title of "Hoshizuna as Examination and Observation Materials in the Earth Science Education". Another one is the title of "Additional Descriptions of Benthic Foraminifera from Coral Seas between Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, Southern Ryukyu Island Arc".
|
