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THE INVITATION TO THE 27TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST
IN JAPAN, 2010
It is warmer and warmer in the winter of Japan islands from year
to year because of the global warming. So, we should consider the
environmental protection of the earth more and more.
Would you please send us your students' works of their nature
trails in their neighboring natures by mail?
(1) The Aim of Nature Trail Contest
The nature in which we live is in our neighborhoods, and it has
very important role to keep our daily lives in amenity. We should
investigate what plants and animals live in our neighbouring natures
and then we have a question, "Which have our neighbouring natures
good or bad roles for our lives." The earth in which all of human
races lives is a only planet in which they can live in the space.
But, the air, the water and the soil on the earth are being polluted
with the human activities day by day. It is said, "Think globally
and act locally." This proverb means that we should keep our
environments clean so we will be able to keep the only one earth
clean. The Nature Trail Contest is one of the international and
global environmental education. Its purpose is worldwide nature
conservation on the earth.
(2)Qualification for Entry
Pupils in elementary schools and students in junior and senior
high schools (lower and upper secondary schools) of each counrtry.
(3)Destination
National Parks Association of Japan (Foundation)
c/o Miduho Bilding, 2-1-3, Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda Ward,
Tokyo, 101-0031, Japan
or
Mitsuo Saitoh
The Society of Practical Education in Biology
in Saitoh Institute for Biology Education
2640-5, Kawaguchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 193-0801, Japan
(4)Deadline
The deadline is September 21, 2010.
(5)Method of Entry
Please teach your boys and girls in your elementary schools or
your students in junior and senior high schools how to make their
nature trails in their neighbourhood. And then, please teach them
how to draw the illusrated maps and write their explanations of
their nature trails. Please send their works (their illustrated
maps and explanations) to National Parks Association of Japan or
Mitsuo Saitoh by air-mail whenever you like.
(6)Guidance for you how to teach your boys and girls or students
to draw the illustrated maps of their nature trails.
1. Make your nature trail in your neighbourhood.
2. Draw a map of your nature trail and then draw some anilmals
(mammals, birds, peptiles, frogs, fishes insects, butterflies
and so on) and plants (flowers, trees, grasses, ferns mothes,
marine-algaes and so on) which oyu have watched in your nature
trail, with color pencils and oils in your illustrated maps.
3. The size of paper is A2 (42.0 cm x 59.4 cm).
4. The route lengh of your nature trail may be from 1 km to 2 km
(1 - 2 hours on foot slowly.)
5. Name the good title of the illustrated map of the nature trail.
6. Set 10 observation points in your map in order to show animals
and plants which you watched in your nature trail. And write
your explanations of each 10 observation points in other papers.
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/jissen/entc.htm
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