Dangers in the neighborhood

Brainstorming and Notepad(What problems are you aware of)

＜Knowledge＞

We may find the clue to research at Nihondaira zoo.

The difference of the way of protecting between Japan and other country.

Some countries have problems of poaching them.

The red list in government

Climate change effects them. Global warming, deforestation, coral leaf and sea-level rise.

Various games related to this problem are developed.

Narrow down your (SDG-related) topic(s) or problems you are interested in.

endangered species, exotic species

Hypothesis or question

What do you know?

Some countries have problems of poaching them.

The red list in government

Climate change effects them. Global warming, deforestation, coral leaf and sea-level rise.

Various games related to this problem are developed.

exotic species affect the original ecosystem.

How did you become interested in this?

I like animals.

1. • What should you know about?

The number of it.

The current situation about them and poaching, and how to protect animals in Japan.

The action Japan or Shizuoka does.

1. • Question: How do exotic species affect the original ecosystem?

   • Hypothesis: Native species are damaged by them. The place living it or the things they eat.

2. How will you collect data to answer the question?

   • Things. (e.g., observe and notes, photos, audio, video, collect and tally, ???, ???, ???).

observe, notes, photos

2. • Locations. (home, street, train, shops, school, job, city, books, documents, nature, media, internet, SNS, ???, ???, ???)

rice field, city, street , lake of sunpu-castle, Sengen-shirine

2. • Describe your process, step by step. Be specific.

We go to rice fields. Then, we try to find alien species there, and take photo.

3. Do a risk assessment. Are there any dangers involved in your data collection?

traffic insects

4. Collect and record data

5. Analyze data

6. Answer your question or hypothesis using your data. Present your answer clearly. Summarize and highlight important aspects. Why are your findings interesting?

7. Reflect. Do an evaluation of your process and data. (what problems did you realize from your data/analysis? What could/should you do better next time?)

8. Connect. How does this fieldwork connect to you and your future?

10. Analyze data. What does your data show? What are the trends and outliers, main aspects and minor interesting details in the data?

The Number of Jumbo snails

Rice field 1 11

Rice field 2 12

Rice field 3 13

There are about 200 to 300 eggs in one mass. Therefore, over 2000 eggs are there. After they incubate, they eat a lot of rice

There are countless carps in the moat of Sumpu castle.

They push up the mud at the bottom of the water, and deteriorate the quality of the water. It is affecting the ecosystem.

When we went there, we observe this phenomenon.

Since they are in various places, there is a concern that they will destroy ecosystems of several areas.

11. Answer your question or hypothesis using your data. Present your answer clearly. Summarize and highlight important aspects. Why are your findings interesting?

In rice fields, Jumbo snails eat rice. The yield is reduced.

In the moat of Sumpu castle, many carps are there. They worsen water quality. Predation of other native species is possible. Carp is a very big eater and eats anything such as shellfish, insects and waterweeds.

12. Reflect. Do an evaluation of your process and data. (what problems did you realize from your data/analysis? What could/should you do better next time?)

The amount of data is small.

13. Connect. How does this fieldwork connect to you and your future?

We must consider ways to prevent damage to native species caused by alien species. It is also necessary to find a way to coexist with alien species while preserving native species.