自然災害や、現在のコロナ禍により小中学校の理科は、授業時間や場所・教材の不足、感染防止対策など、実験観察がままならない状況になります。お茶の水女子大学では平成２８年度より小学校３年から中学校３年までの理科実験を網羅し、理科室など特別な設備・器材がなくても実験ができる「減災どこでも理科実験パッケージ」を被災地を含めて全国の連携地域の教員らと開発してきました。本企画ではプロジェクトで開発・検証してきた理科教材を取り上げつつ、ウィズコロナ時代、さらに今後起こりうる災害に対して普段通りの理科授業・実験観察をいかにして行うのか？未来の教育セーフティ・ネットワークを学校教育に関わる参加者と構想します。

Natural disasters and the current COVID-19 pandemic have caused a shortage of class time, space, and teaching materials. The pandemic, in particular, has made infection prevention measures necessary. Therefore, it has been impossible for students to conduct sufficient observations and experiments in science classes for elementary and junior high school. Since 2016, at Ochanomizu University, we have been developing the “Sustainable Science Experiment Package for Disaster Resilience” that covers science experiments from the third year of elementary school to the third year of junior high school. It enables experiments without a science room, and we are evaluating the package with teachers from collaborating areas across Japan, including disaster-struck areas. During the course of this event, we aim to discuss the science materials that have been developed and verified in the project; how to carry out science classes, observations, and experiments conventionally in the time of COVID-19 and other possible natural disasters; and envisioning an education safety network that involves school education stakeholders.

https://sec-gensai.cf.ocha.ac.jp/