Teaching tools for science education using air battery application as oxygen sensor

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501117
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Tokyo National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Mitsuo 東京工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 教授 (40197182)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWASHIMA Norimichi 環太平洋大学, 次世代教育学部, 教授 (90112888)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TSUTSUMI Hirotaka 東京工業高等専門学校, 機械工学科, 准教授 (30300544) ; YUGA Masamitsu 東京工業高等専門学校, 電子工学科, 教授 (40123997)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 空気電池 / 酸素センサ / 理科教材 / 科学教育 / 酸素濃度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed an easily prepared handmade oxygen sensor that anyone can easily use using the characteristics of an air battery for science education. The purpose of this study is to develop teaching tools using a handmade oxygen sensor that is able to monitor various natural phenomena concerning oxygen with which scientific thought and exploratory minds can be stimulated in the field of primary and secondary science education.
In this study, we introduced an experiment on the oxidation reaction of the iron powder of a disposable warmer. We measured the oxygen concentration and temperature using a handmade oxygen sensor and thermometer. We would like to report the interesting results.

Free Research Field

科学教育