Development of Attractive Materials for Radiation Education and its Application to Experimental Learning

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12402
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College
• Principal Investigator: ODA AKINORI 熊本高等専門学校, 機械知能システム工学科, 教授 (60224234)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 放射線教育 / 理科教材 / 拡張現実感技術 / ARToolKit / 霧箱 / 飛跡

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Teaching materials to understand properly the characteristics of radiation are developed in this research by using AR(Augmented Reality) technique. Image processing technology is used to make more attractive for junior high school students. Three teaching materials were developed. The first and second ones are windows applications, respectively, for understanding the permeability of radiation and a gaming type by using AR(Augmented Reality) technique. The third one is an application to count the number of flight paths of radiation in a cloud chamber by using OpenCV. These materials　have been used in some school events and a science lesson in a junior high school. These programs need to be improved more for the use in teaching and training in junior high and elementary schools.

Free Research Field

原子力工学　工学教育　制御工学