Figure 1.--The well-uniformed primary school children here are going to hunt for bugs. We think it may ve a private school. We are not sure just where they are headed. From the look of this lot, the bugs are in big trouble. Notice that the caps are reverseable whiuch id why wee see different colors. They are done with chinstraps.

Nature outings are another favorite field trip activity, especially for younger children. Children are of course fascinated by animals and palnts, nature in general. Thus children love these nature outings. Japan is a very heavily urbanized country. This somewhat limits nature outings. Thus teachers have to be creative for some of these outings. The primary school children here are going to hunt for bugs, but I'm not sure just where. These outings were not just recreational. They were designed as learning experiences. The children often took speciments collected sych as insects or plant leaves back to the classroom to study. We mostly think nof Japan as a highly irbanized country without large expanses of natural outdppr spaces. This actually is not the case. It is true thatg Japab has large densly populated cities, but there are areas close to the cities where school children can study bnature as well as wonderful city parks. Japan acyually is a inviting place for nature observation, althiugh as one observer puts it, 'despite the concrete jungles having rapidly overtaken most of Japan’s marshes, satoyama landscapes and forests'. Jpan's abundant rainfall means that weeds spring up quickly and virtually everywhere. This maeans that minature ecosystems spring up for butterfly stops and other insect habitats. Children can often be found catching cicadas, beetles, grasshoppers, butterflies and go crayfishing in city parks and school field tripos can exploit these nature areeas. Japan is a heavily forested country. The cities are densly poopulated in oart because there is so much mountenous land. And as a result there is a wealth of plants and trees to study.

Natural Environment

We mostly think nof Japan as a highly irbanized country without large expanses of natural outdppr spaces. This actually is not the case. It is true thatg Japab has large densly populated cities, but there are areas close to the cities where school children can study bnature as well as wonderful city parks. Japan acyually is a inviting place for nature observation, althiugh as one observer puts it, 'despite the concrete jungles having rapidly overtaken most of Japan’s marshes, satoyama landscapes and forests'. Jpan's abundant rainfall means that weeds spring up quickly and virtually everywhere. This maeans that minature ecosystems spring up for butterfly stops and other insect habitats. Children can often be found catching cicadas, beetles, grasshoppers, butterflies and go crayfishing in city parks and school field tripos can exploit these nature areeas. Japan is a heavily forested country. The cities are densly poopulated in oart because there is so much mountenous land. And as a result there is a wealth of plants and trees to study even close to the school, perfect for field trips..

Specimen Collecting

Nature outings are another favorite field trip activity, especially for younger children. Children are of course fascinated by animals and palnts, nature in general. Thus children love these nature outings. Japan is a very heavily urbanized country. This somewhat limits nature outings. Thus teachers have to be creative for some of these outings. The primary school children here are going to hunt for bugs, but I'm not sure just wher (fiugure 1). Bit there are nature areas that can be accessed close to most Japanese schools.

Classroon Work

These outings were not just recreational. They were designed as learning experiences. The children often took speciments collected sych as insects or plant leaves back to the classroom to study.

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