3年理科Ⅱの2学期は「生と性と死の学び」というテ－マの学びです。今年度も骨格、脳・神経、感覚、消化、呼吸器などを学び、性については「デ－トDV」、「妊娠、出産」、「LGBTQなどセクシャル・マイノリティ－」などについて深めています。最後は「死の学び」で、各自「人生カレンダ－」を作成します。
この一連の学びの中に「骨格図作成」の課題があります。進化からみた骨格の特徴を学んだあとの”まとめ”として作成するのです。作成メッセ－ジは「ベサリウスを超えろ!」。ベルギ－の解剖学者で多くの骨格図が有名なベサリウスの上を行くような作品を作成してみようという試みです。
生徒のみなさんは工夫を凝らしながら独特の骨格図を仕上げていきます。右上の作品は樹状細胞、赤血球のそばで何とも楽しそうに踊る骨格図です。このような課題を通じて、これからの社会でより大切な「独創力」「想像力」を磨いてほしいと願っています。
Every year, during the second semester, we study about “Life, Sexuality, and Death” in the Year 3 Science class. This year too, we studied about the human skeleton, the brain and nerves, the senses, digestion, respiration and so on. As for sexuality, we learnt about “Date DV”, pregnancy and birth, and about sexual minorities such as “LGBTQ” and so on. Finally, when looking at death, we each made a “Life Calendar”.
In addition to this, we asked the students to draw a diagram of a skeleton for their homework as a conclusion to their study of evolution. The theme for this was “Outdo Vesalius!”. Vesalius was a Belgian anatomist who was famous for his diagrams of skeletons, so we told the students to try to outdo him.
The students did their best and produced some unique diagrams. As you can see, one picture even had a skeleton dancing with different types of cells from the body. By completing projects like this, we hope that our students can improve their originality and creativity skills for the future.
