Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Children and students in elementary, middle and high schools
Disability category	visual impairment　deaf and hard of hearing　mentally challenged　physically challenged　health impairment　speech and language disorder　autism　emotional disturbance　multiple disabilities　developmental disabilities　other　deaf-blind
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	social studies
Specific purposes	* Children/students know the places and topography vulnerable to wind and flood damage. * Children/students recognize that Bunkyo Ward has places of high and low elevations and try to find a safer place (by placing a figure doll).
Considerations for disability characteristics	* The water is colored blue with food dye to facilitate observing how water flows.
Expected effects and results	Become able to find where to evacuate during wind and flood damage by checking a map
How to use	* Check where rivers are. * Add water and blue food dye to a watering pot. * Pour the water onto the hazard map, and check how it is flooded. * Use a figure doll to find out how to evacuate.
Related teaching materials and information	Permission of using the hazard map (two-dimensional) for creating this teaching material (three-dimensional) has been obtained from the Board of Education of Bunkyo Ward and the map maker.
Useful for other students