[O-05] Understanding of formation process of Japanese archipelago from Japanese Geoparks

[O05-P05] The support systems and practice examples of geopark education at elementary and junior high schools in the Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama National Geopark

*Sumiaki Machi¹, Masahiro Amadate¹, Yukie Yasui^1,2, Yoshihiro Moriishi¹, Keisuke Nunome³, Kazutaka Izukura⁴, Naoya Doseki³, Hiroyuki Ito⁴ (1.Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark Promotion Council, 2.Katsuyama City Education Board, 3.Arado Elementary School, 4.Katsuyama Nanbu Junior High School)

Keywords:Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama National Geopark, Geopark Education, School Education, ESD

The Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama National Geopark is a Japanese geopark covering whole territory of Katsuyama city, Fukui prefecture. There are 9 elementary schools and 3 junior high schools in the area and they are member of UNESCO Associated Schools, base for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) promotion. We will report our support systems and practice examples, conducted at the Arado elementary school and Katsuyama Nanbu junior high school, of geopark education at the schools in our geopark and discuss about our challenges and prospects.