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Lessons on satoyama environmental education were held for undergraduate students who are training to be educators. The lessons blend inquirybased learning through research using ICT tools and experiential learning in a complementary manner. Students learn about the underlying concepts about the environment from a global perspective through inquiry-based learning; experiential learning can encourage students to get involved with the environment at the local level and also develop abilities and skills to conduct classes in environmental education. This paper investigated which activities in the lessons were effective in improving their consciousness related to abilities. With consciousness of abilities listed in the rows and activities listed in the column, responses of students are created as a cross-tabulation table. Cluster analysis is conducted for the table to find some ability clusters and some activity clusters. Using table constructed by ability and activity cluster, χ 2 test and residual analysis show activities effective for improving abilities. The results show activities effective for improving abilities. Results of significance testing for mean increase in scores of consciousness related to abilities are also shown.