Wednesday, May 2, 2012

"Tsukuba Style" Curriculum - Environment-Related Exercise, Grade 7

Tsukuba's public middle schools began the new school year on April 9. In his first year at Yatabe Higashi Junior High School, my son today brought home his first assignment for the new "Tsukuba Style" Curriculum. A letter from the school principal, this assignment asks parents and guardians to provide information for a CO2 emissions audit.

"Tsukuba Style" Curriculum - Broad Outline

In 2007, Tsukuba City declared that it would reduce CO2 emissions from the city 50% by 2030. As part of this effort, it developed a new eco-global curriculum, the "Tsukuba Style" curriculum. Piloted in 2011, it is now being fully implemented in grades 1 through 9 in Tsukuba's public schools.

This blogger's son is entering this curriculum in grade 7.