To develop practical training materials visually for school students

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501091
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: FURUTA Etsuko お茶の水女子大学, 大学院人間文化創成科学研究科, 講師 (40422563)
• Research Collaborator: KUSAMA Keiji 日本アイソトープ協会
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 理科教育教材 / 塩化カリウム / 画像化 / 簡易被ばく線量計 / ベータ線測定 / どこだゲーム / 模擬PET診断 / 空気中放射性物質

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Practical training materials of radiation teaching were developed for elementary school, junior high school and high school students. A simple structure in a complex picture and/or a pallet, which were made from potassium chloride, emitted beta / gamma-rays and it was easy to measure them with a handy type pocket dosimeter. The training was possible to finish within 40-90 min. To have an expensive machine was not easy for schools; a cheap handy type pocket dosimeter was enough to teach specialty of radiation. It was fun for students to check radioactive minerals with a dosimeter as a game. Furthermore, KCl in a cardboard body to explain PET treatment were effective. I practiced a lecture and a training 4 times to use these training materials, and the students, from elementary school to high school, were interested in radiation measurement. It was very important what kinds of materials were prepared and how to use them.

Free Research Field

放射線計測学