Grade 7: Science II Teacher: Mr. Atsushi Nakamura School: Tobu Jr. High School　Hamamatsu City

Place □Regular classroom　□Computer room　□Special classroom　□Gymnasium □Athletic Field　■Outdoors　■Others〔Science Lab〕 Type of Lesson ■Class　■Group　□Pair/Individual　□Follow-up　□Others〔　〕 Phase ■Introduction　■Development　■Conclusion　□Others〔　〕 Main user of IT ■Teacher　■Student　□Others〔　〕 Objectives ■To introduce the topic　□To motivate students　■As illustrative material used by the teacher　■As illustrative material used by the student　□To master through repetition　□To present a model　□To recollect past experiences　□To compare　■To examine what has been done/studied　□To provide second-hand experience　□Others〔　〕 Equipment ■Computer　■Projector　□Screen　■Electronic Whiteboard　□Visual Presenter　■Digital Camera　□Video Player　□Internet　□Digital Contents　□CD-ROM　□Speakers　■Others〔Downloaded sites〕 A practical example of getting students to realize the relationship between living things and their growth environment by instructing them to summarize their data taken with a digital camera onto a blank map drawn on the electronic whiteboard. Observe Living things in the School Grounds and the Surrounding Area Contents: based on curriculum guidelines (1) Plant Life and Species A　Plant Observation To discover that a variety of plants grow in different environments by observing the plants in the school ground and the surrounding area. (1) The teacher presents data taken with a digital camera and explains the task and the observation method.   (2) The Students examine dandelions and houttuynia cordatas and use a digital camera to take pictures of them and their environments.   [Abstract] Students, working in groups, observe plants growing in or near the school. They use a digital camera to take pictures of the plants from various appropriate angles.     (3) The teacher downloads the data in the digital camera taken by the students into a PC.   (4) The teacher pastes the images of the dandelions and houttuynia cordatas onto a blank map on the electronic whiteboard.   [Abstract] Paste the pictures onto the electronic whiteboard and study about plant environment and growth.     (5) To get the students to realize that the growth of dandelions and houttuynia cordatas depend upon their growth environments (in the sun or in the shade).   When taken with a digital camera, plants should be shot both up close and from a little distance away. Using these two techniques, students will be able to confirm the type of the plant and the environment in which it survives.