[O-04] Geoparks in Japan

[O04-P36] Report of the 16th Children's Summer School on Earthquakes and Volcanoes

*Riyeko Fujii¹, Ryuta Kobayashi¹, Committee for Children's Summer School on Earthquakes and Volcanoes² (1.Minami Alps (MTL Area) Geopark Conference, 2.Seismological Society of Japan, Volcanological Society of Japan, Geologial Society of Japan)

Keywords:geopark, Minami Alps, Median Tectonic Line

The Seismological Society of Japan(SSJ), the Volcanological Society of Japan(SSJ) and the Geological Society of Japan(GSJ) manage the Children’s Summer School on Earthquakes and Volcanoes (http://www.kodomoss.jp/) every summer. The 16th Children’s Summer School on Earthquakes and Volcanoes was held in Minami Alps (MTL Area) Geopark in Nagano Prefecture from August 8 to 9, 2015. Twenty-six children in the 3^rd to 11^th grade who participated in it observed the outcrops, the sceneries and the stones along the river and made some experiments in order to solve the secrets of Minami Alps and the Median Tectonic Line. In Children's Forum on Earthquakes and Volcanoes on the second day, the children presented the results they had achieved on their own.
This program can prompt children to feel the movement of the earth. We are going to report the outline of this year's program and the children’s presentation.