DISCOVER FUKUI

【Just 10 minutes by car from the Dinosaur Museum!】Katsuyama Nature School: Touch 4.6 Billion Years of Earth

Katsuyama, Fukui—a globally significant site where 80% of Japan's dinosaur fossils have been discovered.

At Katsuyama Nature School, we utilize the field of "nature, environment, and topography" in the great outdoors
offering four hands-on learning programs that engage all five senses to explore Earth's formation and natural environment.
We offer four hands-on learning programs.

We invite you to experience these programs as a starting point for learning about our planet and contemplating its future.


<Four Hands-On Learning Programs>
　● Green Classroom
　　Learn about the importance of forests that supply oxygen—essential for human life—
　　and forests that provide water.
　　This is an opportunity to experience environmental issues as something that directly concerns you.

　● Stone Earth
　　Using a model of the Earth, we explain its internal structure, including the mantle,
　　and explain the existence of Earth from a cosmic perspective.
　　Learn about the greatness and mechanisms of the "miracle planet Earth."

　●Path of the Earth
　　A 460-meter nature trail narrates Earth's 4.6-billion-year history from its birth.
　　Experience the Earth covered in hot magma at its birth, the frozen Earth of the Ice Age where dinosaurs lived,
　　and the frozen Earth during the Ice Age.

　●Barefoot Path
　　Walk barefoot with your eyes closed over grass, gravel, and logs
　　to experience the natural environment with all five senses.
　　Sounds, smells, textures... rediscover the Earth through diverse sensations.


At Katsuyama Nature School, you can engage in learning related to the SDGs.

From the perspective of the "17 Goals to Change the World (SDGs),"
consider what actions you can take in your daily life to improve the environment.
as part of environmental education for children.


Learn about dinosaurs and Earth's history at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum at the base of Ski Jam Katsuyama,
and then experience the Earth firsthand in nature at Katsuyama Nature School to achieve deeper learning.


*The Nature School program is designed for upper elementary grades (4th grade and above).


■Event Period　　　　　　　　July 15 (Sat) - August 27 (Sun), 2023
　(Individual Use)　　　　　※Groups of 20 or more accepted until October 29 (Sun)
　
■Registration & Meeting Place: Ski Jam Katsuyama Shop Lilium

■Meeting Times　　　　　　　　Morning Session: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
　　　　　　　　　　　　　Afternoon Session: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Please complete registration at least 15 minutes before your session starts.
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■Fees (tax included) Junior high school students and above: ¥3,000
　　　　　　　　　　　　　Elementary school students and younger: ¥2,000

■Minimum/Maximum Participants: 2 to 20 people
　　　　　　　　　　　　　※Please note that we may not be able to accommodate your request depending on reservation status.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　We appreciate your understanding in advance.