“…Background In the ongoing STS (Science-Technology-Society) project named &dquo;Family-Based STS Education&dquo; (Ogawa, 1989), with my senior students majoring in science education, I have been developing STS modules. Through the process of developing new STS modules for use in family settings, I discovered an interesting fact that the students involved in this process were remarkably aware of the significance of STS issues.…”