Scientific Advances Journal of Civil and Construction EngineeringAuthor's: Chang-Jin Ma, Kyung-Chul Hwang and Ki-Hyun Kim
Pages: [25] - [39]
Received Date: January 6, 2015
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18642/sajcce_7100121438
Environmental education for schoolchildren is a key to developing a sense of responsibility with regards to environmental problems and can lead to more rational and sustainable modes of energy use. The results of a questionnaire given to the junior high school students suggests that a large number of students agree that something needs to be done about global warming and climate change. This study was undertaken to develop a do-it-yourself model instrument of global warming and estimating its applicability to the education of energy and environment. Three types of self-makable model instruments including two alternatives were successfully designed and assembled. Based on our novel approach, we carried out several model experiments for junior high school students. The applicability of our instrument model was tested further as the teaching materials for environmental education in schools. Here, we demonstrate that our novel model instrument can be used as good teaching material to account for global warming. Finally, the student’s attitudes toward environmental issues were classified by factor analysis.
global warming, environmental education, teaching material, model experiment, environmental issue.
