Course title
植物生産環境学特論   [Advanced Agro-environment Science]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	0.5
Department		Year	～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	96114
Instructor(s)
平井 英明（宇）   [HIRAI Hideaki]
Facility affiliation	United Graduate School Agricultural Science	Office	2-221	Email address

Course description

Lecture will be delivered on January, 21, 2022 (Fri.) 10:00 -　Online Learn the basics of soil formation. Learn the basics of paddy rice production Learn how to combine them to communicate the importance of soil to students and adults in general.

Expected Learning

Understand and explain the basics of soil formation Understand and explain the basics of paddy rice production. Acquire the ability to calculate the area of soil that can support life in a year using the weight of rice consumed in a year.

Course schedule

The basics of soil formation are explained. The basics of paddy rice production are explained. Explain how to calculate the area of soil needed using the weight of rice consumed in a year.

Prerequisites

For preparation, read “Development of a field-based soil educational program “Where and how does your food grow?” based on the results of a student questionnaire survey on soil and rice. In Soil Sciences Education: Global Concepts and Teaching. (Ed.: Takashi Kosaki; Rattan Lal; Laura Bertha Reyes Sanchez), Catena, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 2020” (5 hours) For review and make the reports, read and use the PDF file of “Towards realization of international guidelines for soil education Hideaki Hirai (Utsunomiya University, Japan” (10 hours)

Required Text(s) and Materials

・Development of a field-based soil educational program “Where and how does your food grow?” based on the results of a student questionnaire survey on soil and rice. In Soil Sciences Education: Global Concepts and Teaching. (Ed.: Takashi Kosaki; Rattan Lal; Laura Bertha Reyes Sanchez), Catena, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 2020 ・Towards realization of international guidelines for soil education Hideaki Hirai (Utsunomiya University, Japan)

References

Soil Sciences Education: Global Concepts and Teaching. (Ed.: Takashi Kosaki; Rattan Lal; Laura Bertha Reyes Sanchez), Catena, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 2020

Assessment/Grading

Comments on lecture content(50%) Report on how we can realize the importance of soil　(50%)

Message from instructor(s)

Let's think about ways to make the soil feel important.

Course keywords

Soil formation, Rice production, Soil education.

Office hours

Questions are accepted at the end of the lecture or e-mail.

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Last update

10/7/2021 2:34:45 PM