Let's Tackle Global Warming! Virtual Museum of Science Experience Case Study Session Ms. Tomoyo Kurozumi, RCE Okayama 12th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 4-6 June, 2019, Hangzhou, China

1. Let’s Tackle Global Warming!
- Virtual Museum of Science Experience -
The 12th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting Hangzhou, China on 4 - 6 June 2019
Non-profit Organization ‘co2sos’
RCE Okayama in Japan

2. What is co2sos?
Mission
Achievement of sustainable
society in which people all
over the world cooperate to
solve global warming

3. Mr. Nishimura
as the lecturer
Avatars

4. CO2 observation network
Measured data in Virtual 3D space

5. Operating avatars
After the lecture, participants can take turns operating avatars.

6. Involvement of university students
Some of their ideas were realized.
Raising the leaders of ESD by involving local university
students in planning and operation
(1) Environmental Quiz for lower elementary school students
(2) Experience of VR and AR by smartphone
(3) Environmental learning by using planetarium

7. Environmental Quiz
For lower elementary school students
who feel that the lecture is difficult
If global warming progresses and sea level rises,
will be some countries almost submerged?
Question

8. If the global warming progresses and sea level rises,
most parts of Tuvalu would be submerged.
Answer: Yes

10. The number of participants increased.
Some of them joined the event repeatedly.
They got knowledge of global warming, and
recognized the impact of the human activities.
Some children became familiar with information
technology and conducted research activities.
Achievements

11. Achievements
The research reports won prizes four times at the contest
hosted by the Tsukuba University.
The results are used to improve the learning materials.
2013
Incentive Prize(junior high school)
2014
Highest Prize(junior high school)
2015
Effort Prize(junior high school)
2017
Effort Prize(elementary school)

12. Future perspective
lecture in Seishin junior high school on February 2019
Making a manual so that teachers can give
lectures by themselves

13. Future perspective
If you have a PC that can connect to the Internet,
you can use virtual museums anytime and anywhere.

14. Thank you for your attention!