Development of elementary and junior high school learning programs using simultaneous observation from the northern and southern hemispheres

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00909
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Akita University
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Haruhiko 秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 教授 (70272028)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山本 裕樹 東北公益文科大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 講師 (20348816)
• Research Collaborator: Narita Kenetsu ; Takahi Sachiko
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 天文学 / インターネット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed a lunar camera that enables us to observe the diurnal motion and phase of the moon simultaneously from the northern and southern hemispheres. In addition, to operate the moon camera stably, we improve the web page that controls lunar camera. To understand the phases of the moon, it is necessary to observe the diurnal motion and phase of the moon simultaneously from the northern and southern hemispheres. So the lunar camera was installed in Akita University (Northern Hemisphere) and in Alit Hotel (Southern Hemisphere) in Bali (Indonesia). Finally, we develop educational programs that concern the diurnal motion of the moon and the difference between the phases viewed from the northern and southern hemispheres.

Free Research Field

科学教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって、以前から指導困難単元として位置づけられていた月の満ち欠けの仕組みについて、新しい教育プログラムを打ち立てることができた。またインターネット経由で月観察を可能とする装置を安価に作り出す事例を、作り出すことができた。さらにインターネットの教育利用について、新たな側面を付け加えることができた。