Marine debris problem ESD teaching material class learned with about 300 elementary school students

Meri-kun appeared We gave lessons to about 200 4th to 6th graders at Nagoya City Higashitsukiji Elementary School and about 100 4th to 6th graders from Nagoya City Noseki Elementary School using the videos of the ESD teaching materials produced this year. At the beginning, it appeared with Yu Kikuchi, the moderator's freelance announcer! ?? !! Since 2004, "Meri who wants to clean the sea ☆" and her TV Aichi character, Meri-kun, who has been dancing "Meri Oops! Taisou" to kindergartens and nursery schools in Aichi prefecture! Have you ever seen it when you were little? It was very popular! https://tv-aichi.co.jp/merio/ESD Teaching Material Video After Kikuchi Anna introduced the profile of Meri-kun and explained the marine waste problem, Meri-hu and Kaiou at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium "Eco Aquarium". , Grandpas introduced the effects of marine waste and microplastics on sea creatures, and learned about the work of the Nagoya Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, which uses a cleaning boat to clean Nagoya Port and rivers. We all watched the ESD video teaching material "The True Identity of Tsubutsubu", which gives us an opportunity to think about what kind of action we should take. On the production side, it was the first time for a large number of children to watch it, so I wonder what will happen! ?? I thought, but I was glad that everyone watched it seriously for about 15 minutes without getting bored! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzzXkaRNBM Plogging class After watching the video, the class was conducted by an actual teacher. Mr. Eiichiro Tsuneda, the representative of Plogging Japan, took the stage! How do you think that the garbage in the sea will disappear if you proceed with a structure centered on dialogue with children?・ The air in the gymnasium became cheerful with free-thinking solutions such as ・ I don't have to throw away the garbage ・ I have my bag ・ I drain all the water from the sea and pick it up! Explaining plogging and why studying? You talked about the theme, but what Professor Tsuneda wanted to tell the students the most was that fun things would last for a long time! That is. Finally, everyone took a commemorative photo and it was over. The teacher later handed out a textbook of ESD teaching materials and a "Marine Debris Zero Original Garbage Bag" to the students. I hope that you will deepen your understanding from the textbook and actually pick up the garbage with the garbage bag you received.

* (Note) Plogging is a coined word that combines the English word "jogging" and the Swedish word "plock a upp". It is very popular all over the world as fitness that combines physical fitness and environmental activities. https://plogging.jp/

* ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) means that living creatures, including humans, that exist on the earth take these issues as their own problems and give them to themselves in order to continue their activities until the distant future. It is a learning and activity that aims to create a sustainable society by learning what we can do and putting it into practice (think globally, act locally), creating values ​​and actions that lead to problem solving. In other words, ESD is an education that fosters leaders in creating a sustainable society.Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ESD teaching materials Class outline

Group overview Group name: Uminohi and Japan Project in Aichi Prefecture Executive Committee Headquarters location: 2-4-8 Osu, Naka-ku, Nagoya (Secretariat TV Aichi) Phone number: 052-203-0250 URL: https: // tv-aichi .co.jp/aichi_uminohi/

CHANGE FOR THE BLUE The Nippon Foundation's "Sea and Japan Project" aims to raise the awareness of the entire society that each and every citizen should personalize the problem of marine debris and "do not put out any more waste in the sea." As part of this project, we have been promoting this project since November 2018. We will collaborate with stakeholders consisting of industry, government, academia and the private sector to create a marine debris reduction model and disseminate it both domestically and internationally. Https://uminohi.jp/umigomi / /

The Nippon Foundation "Sea and Japan Project" The sea that supports the lives of Japanese people in various ways and sometimes gives peace of mind, excitement, and inspiration. A project promoted by all Japan in order to see the current situation such as the deterioration of the environment progressing in the sea as "your own" by people all over the country, and to expand the circle of actions to pass on the sea to the future. is. https://uminohi.jp/