Connecting elementary schools and factories! Kirin Beverage Shonan Factory Online Social Studies Field Trip

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Social Studies Field Trip Application Form

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  Please make your reservation at least one month in advance, excluding school holidays.

Applications will be accepted per elementary school class.

Up to 40 people

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  Please contact us if you have more than 40 people.

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  45 minutes (live streaming)
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  45 minutes (After the tour, you will receive a summary of the video and learning via email)

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  Please use 1 on the day and 2 in your school classes at a later date.
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  To attend the live stream of Session 1, please reserve 45 minutes according to your class time from the link below.

  • 9:30-11:30 (2nd or 3rd period)
  • 13:30-15:30 (5th or 6th period)

free

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  Please prepare your own communication equipment and environment.

Before conducting an online social studies field trip, we will conduct a correspondence test.

overview

We have prepared an "Online Social Studies Field Trip" that allows students to take a social studies field trip without leaving school. This is a factory tour for elementary school social studies classes where students can learn how familiar drinks are made through live streaming and web content. Using the "Kirin Beverage Shonan Factory Complete Guide Book" (a fill-in-the-blank pamphlet),

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  How delicious drinks are made in the factory (live streaming)
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  Web content

  Watch videos (YOU TUBE)

  • (1)
    "About Kirin Beverage Shonan Factory"
  • (2)
    "Environmental Initiatives"
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  Learning Summary

  "Let's think about the drinks of the future"

  We will introduce you to the following:
  This online factory tour allows you to "see, listen, and think" and deepen your understanding.

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    1 will be implemented on the day, and 2 and 3 will be used in school classes at a later date after the tour.

program

Live Streaming (45 mins)

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  This is the program for the tour (2: How delicious drinks are made at the factory)

Time Schedule

1. (1)
   Lecture (approximately 25 minutes)

   1. 1.
      Icebreaker (product quiz)
   2. 2.
      Introducing hygiene management

      • Hygiene quizzes and discussions
      • Factory employee uniforms
   3. 3.
      Introducing the manufacturing process

      • Introducing our quality control innovations
      • Experience touching the preform that is the basis for PET bottles
2. (2)
   Production line video (approx. 10 minutes) (*recorded video)

   Introducing production lines by area

   • 1.
     PET bottle molding area

     • Introducing the moment when the preform expands to become a plastic bottle
   • 2.
     Extraction/mixing area, filling area

     • Introducing how the contents are made and filled into plastic bottles
   • 3.
     Packaging Area

     • Introducing the final product inspection and packaging process
3. (3)
   Question time (approximately 5 minutes)

Web content (45 minutes)

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  This is a program that the school will implement at a later date after the tour.

• (1)
  Watch a YouTube video (approximately 20 minutes)

  • 1.
    "2 (1) Kirin Beverage Shonan Factory"

    • Introducing the location, size and workers of the factory
  • 2.
    "2 (2) Environmental Initiatives"

    • Introducing efforts to reduce waste
    • Introducing efforts to reduce carbon dioxide
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  Think about the drinks of the future (approximately 25 minutes)

  • As you reflect on your tour, think about what kind of drinks you would like to try in the future.

Donations to elementary schools

• Souvenir (Kirin Afternoon Tea)
• Kirin Beverage Shonan Factory Complete Guide Book
• Preforms ^* / Factory employee uniforms (must be returned)
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    A prototype of a plastic bottle before molding

What the elementary school will provide

• Networked PC or tablet
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    We will be using the ZOOM app, so please install it in advance.
• Projector or monitor
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    Please connect to a computer or tablet so that all participants can see the screen.
• Smartphone or mobile phone (for use in case of an emergency on the day)

STEP1 Make a reservation

Apply here

Social Studies Field Trip Application Form

STEP 2 Confirm your reservation

After you apply, we will send you a "Tentative Reservation Receipt" by email. Please check the contents.

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  We will be exchanging emails multiple times.

STEP 3 Pre-test and final confirmation

We will make a final confirmation of your reservation details and check your communication environment.

• Online Social Studies Field Trip Guide (PDF: 480KB) Open PDF