Figure 1 shows what the students can learn at the Lake Kojima site. The outcome from that field study would be compared with what is learnt on campus and in Thailandfor analysis. Then such data would be put in a database to help build a new system to use for environment improvement activities of the future, and analyze the cost and effect of the program as well as how the environment would be able to be improved. The students would participate in some events planned by government organizations and in the activity created by the Kojima Lake Eco-Web, which is an environmental protection organization that is jointly managed by industries, universities, and the government. Furthermore, outside instructors would be invited, and the students would be educated as instructors for biotopes to be placed at every school. Thereby, students would be able to have experience through this curriculum to work with local people and organizations. Through such field study, the students would be able to understand the various functions associated with Lake Kojima, and know of the importance of collaboration to be done with the local people there.

＜Fig.1：Program Outline＞
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　The program is designed to proceed as positioned to include the basic subjects for specialized fields for sophomore students, and to grant a unit by 60 classes throughout the year starting in academic year 2008.

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　 It is not the same education method as it used to be, which was to proceed for subject by subject; the new mode used for this program is to give a total level of basic education related to the water environment using field of “waterside space”. It is to improve the way of education to change from a usual one given in a small scope in which the students merely sit in a class or learn in the experiment room to a more practical one to get involved in searching for the basic mechanism of the subject. Furthermore, in addition to the program for students to learn at the site of Lake Kojima, using the facilities available on campus, they would be provided with the underground water, the soil, the microbe, and the creatures. With those materials provided, they would be able to study the purification of the natural environment and to observe the associated climate conditions. It would help students to understand the water circulation system utilizing the natural environment functions and to conceive of water much more intimately than before while creating a biotope, for example. Consequently, such a unique education system would be established.
　During the summer vacation of the second year, the students are requested to attend a special course set at the Kasetsart University, Thailand, for 2 weeks, thereby receiving the course unit. Through attending and being attentive in the course, the students can receive practical education such as that of natural environment functions, water environment issues, and environmental protection activities that are being undertaken in Thailand.　

　The water circulation facilities used for the program would also be used for collaboration with industry, research institutes, and organizations outside the campus to do research related to real-world issues. Expansion of the facilities would be made only for the hardest of them, so that there would be no difficulty in learning the two stages of education: the first stage in which the natural environment is restored and the second stage in which the restored environment is maintained. Such education is different from the usual method of learning using existing facilities or biotopes, where the natural environment is nicely preset. It rather means that the students would be able to acquire the ability not only derived of basic knowledge but also the power of applying what they learn immediately for use in the real world. Therefore, the feedback to Lake Kojima or any other place would be much easier and immediate.　Furthermore, it is an education system in which the students can observe for themselves to understand the mechanisms of living creature systems such as the balances of CO₂, nitrogen, and phosphorous, tree-planting to reduce the impact by acid rain, and the effect of reducing temperature using transpiration from planted trees.　This way, while learning and experiencing the world of science around us, the students would be trained to be able to gain the knowledge and power of producing a new technology for “water resource capture”, “co-existence with the nature”, or “natural environment restoration”. In addition to the points described above, all activities performed as part of the program would be used for collaboration between universities and high schools to teach the program contents to the high school students as well.