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Thanks Naomi sensei! :-) mike On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Naomi Miyake <naomiyake@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, hi Tony, > > This is Naomi, let me give you a not so interesting answer. "Kagaku" > means science in general, while "Rika" is a school subject name to teach > science from elementary to high school. For the first and second year > elementary school kids, the subject name of rika is "Seikatsu-ka" (Everyday > life studies), from elementary 3rd graders to middle school 3rd year > students (your 9th), science classes are called "Rika." At high school, > rika is divided into several sub-rika areas like physics, biology, > chemistry, earth science and astronomy, etc. > > What students and parents regard rika, or kagaku is a different, and very > interesting question. I will ask around, some of the graduate students > around me at my new work place might have some answer. > > with best wishes, > Naomi > > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca