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| Akita Citizen Exchange Plaza 4F&5F,Akita
Community-based Center ‘ALVE’,4-1, Naka-machi,
Higasi-douri, Akita-city, Akita 〒010-8506 TEL 018-887-5330 FAX 018-887-5331 Email ro-edns@city.akita.akita.jp |
| The Natural Science Learning Center is located
in the AL☆VE building. It is a community-based center which has been open since July 2004. AL☆VE is a complex building which is maintained an by the Akita municipal office and members of the private sector. It contains rooms for citizen group activities and planning of city festivities in order to accomplish the town development between the west and east side of Akita station. |
 ALVE is a term coined to denote Altair and
Vega, which means ALVE is a new starlet for
Akita. It is wished that ALVE will be crowded
with people as a community-based center.
This name also means ‘something exists’
in Tohoku dialect. This name was selected
from 281 entries. |
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| Objectives ALVE is set up for fostering of personnel responsibility for the next generation in Akita by planning and exhibiting propositions which will benefit the citizens, and is disseminatingsuitable information for participation and action reflecting citizens needs. In concrete terms, ALVE’s aim is the development of exhibitions, workshops, and free-for-all on-site training for improvement of skills for spreading scientific viewpoints towards phenomenon happening around us, discovering ‘wonder’, ‘amazement’, and to unravel them. In order to achieve this, ALVE is dealing with ‘biology’, ‘nature’, and ‘cosmos’, bringing scientific education, integrated study, and the five-day week education system. |
| Work Contents |
| (1) Experimental Exhibitions |
| ① Introductory exhibition -apply its environmental
capabilities to hold large exhibitions- ② Experimental exhibition -two-way exhibition by advantageous effects and hands-on experiments- ③ Explanation of contents -digital displays explaining contents of exhibitions in detail- |
| (2) Workshops |
| ① School education project –use of education
for elementary and junior high school students- ② Social education project –projects for the youth and adults- ③ Special project –workshop or lecture by academic researchers- |
| (3) Free-for-all On-site Training |
| ① Scientific fun goods –approximately
150 pieces of experimental equipment- ② Digital content for learning supports –45 laptop computers, and management of groupware- ③ Book rental –approximately 500 books on introduction to science, Akita local collection, and so forth- |
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| Response to Continual Use Natural Science Learning Center is included in the community-based center ALVE, which means it plays a role in generating constant festivities. Visitors widely range form those who are going to study science to those who just want to frequent science with a light heart. Natural Science Learning Center emphasizes following points in order to encourage repeat visitors: (1) Creating an atmosphere with Akita’s originality and information update (2) Designing projects of accessible science with diversity and flexibility (3) Assessment and modification which reflect visitors’ and managers’ opinions (4) On the job training for development of scientific education and civil service (5) Long-term cooperation with related institutes |
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