J. Technology and Education, Vol.19, No.2, pp.63-69, 2012

教育論文

博物館で実施した出前実験における物質工学科の取り組み

〜わくわくグランディ科学ランドにおける5年間の調査〜

 

田中 孝国*、高屋 朋彰、川越 大輔、飯島 道弘、糸井 康彦

小山工業高等専門学校　物質工学科(〒323-0806 小山市中久喜771)

*tanakatakakuni@oyama-ct.ac.jp

 

Action of the department of materials chemistry and bioengineering

regarding visiting experiment in a museum

 

Takakuni TANAKA, Tomoaki KOUYA, Daisuke KAWAGOE, Michihiro IIJIMA

and Yasuhiko ITOI

Oyama National College of Technology

(771 Nakakuki, Oyama-city, Tochigi-Pref., 323-0806, JAPAN)

 

(Received August 3, 2012; Accepted September 4, 2012)

 

As the birthrate declines, the importance of attracting visiting students with experiments increases. We conducted various chemical experiments at WAKU WAKU Grandy Science Land (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref.) for five years. For this paper, we first compiled the data from five years of information. Next, we considered the ideal chemical experiments for guests, taking into account the age distribution, impressions, and data from information guests gave about the school. As a result, we understood these significant points: (1) There were many young children who were lower than a primary schoolchild. (2) Guests were satisfied with the content of our chemical experiments and became repeater visitors. (3) The guests were strongly interested in our school because of our experiments. Therefore, we will continue performing chemical experiments at WAKU WAKU Grandy Science Land to increase the chances of contacting future new students.

Key words: visiting experiment/ questionnaire survey/ chemical experiment