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ACTIVITIES |
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The activities follow are activities I attended as a Teacher Training here at Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro Campus. You can also try some of the activities and integrate it on your teaching. |
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FOSSIL HUNTING |
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With Teacher Sakai, masters students and college student of our department, we went to Shiranuka (please see Map of Hokkaido in related links) to search for stone that contains fossils. Our teacher and 3rd year students teaches us techniques to break a stone into half. Fortunately many of us found fossil of leaves and shell inside the stone. The shells are evidence that the place were covered by sea water million years ago. (Click here for more photos). |
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OBSERVING ELEMENTARY CLASSES |
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Every time Teacher Sakai went to the attached elementary school in the University, to teach grade six students, I have a privilege to observe his classes. These class are special because Teacher Sakai serves as a demonstration teacher for new techniques and strategies in teaching and presenting interesting experiments. His class about tsunami last July 12 was covered by various local television network. (Click here for more photos) |
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GOLD SIEVING |
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The Science Center Officers of Monbetsu (See Map on the Related Link) initiate to teach Educators on how to find gold in the river of Monbetsu. We use the old style in gold sieving using only a black basin (bowl) and a shovel to get soil in the river. It was hard but everyone enjoyed it specially they get grains of gold in the river after the activity. (Click here for more photos) |
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ATTENDING MONTHLY TEACHER TRAINING IN KUSHIRO SCIENCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN |
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Every last Saturday of the month, teacher workshop was being conducted in Kushiro Science Center for Children composing 2 hours of actual hands-on experiment. The lecturers are Teachers from Kushiro and the Scientist of the Science Center. Teachers and students who are taking up education can attend the workshop. (Click here for more photos). |
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SMELTING STEEL USING TATARA |
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TATARA— is a traditional Japanese furnace use in smelting iron and steel (Wikipedia.com).
This summer, Teacher Sakai was invited in various places to demonstrate and teach teachers and students how to smelt steel using TATARA. I have given opportunity to assist together with my classmate/s in his demonstrations and learn how to smelt steel. To smelt a steel in TATARA you need lots of charcoal, iron sand (Fe3O4) and powdered sea shell (CaCO3). (Click here for more photos)
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