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Three groups from Aizu Gakuho joined the Science Community Meeting and Presentation Contest. In this event, groups from 18 high schools all around the Tohoku area presented their research. Through giving each other feedback and comments, students and teachers try to improve their research every year.
On January 24, the chemistry group from Aizu Gakuho presented about photocatalysts. The next day, the geometry group presented their research with their posters about the effect on weather brought by Inawashiro Lake. The biology group also presented about the intestinal environment of pill bugs. After the presentation session, students from all over Tohoku talked in small groups about their research and study. Gaining feedback from students and teachers in other schools, students had an opportunity to look back on their research.
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1st year high school students who chose SSH course participated in the program called “Egg-Drop”. The purpose of this program was to learn excitement of scientific research. Students learned it through the competition, the verification of hypothesis and the examination using their flexible thoughts. In “Egg-Drop”, they were tested on their machine to protect eggs from breaking. Students were only able to use drawing paper, paste, and scissors. The contest’s standard for screening is dropping time, weight, and distance from target.
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Sponsored by the Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science of Fukushima University, the 2018 Scientific Championship was held by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education on November 11th. From Aizu Gakuho High School, eight 2nd grade students and eight 1st grade students participated in the competition.
The following are the details of the contest.
(1) The writing section (180 points)
The participants were tested on their abilities to make use of their knowledge of science and apply it to think of solutions on issues related to science, mathematics and computer science. Issues beyond the general curriculum were presented.
(2) The practical skill section (360 points: 180 points for an experiment section, and 180 points for a practical skill section)
The participants competed using their creativity and communication ability, and made great use of their ability to experiment, practice and consider the topics of science, mathematics and computer science.
(a) Experiment section
Participants completed using their ability to observe and carry out experiments on the scientific topic. (The details were announced on the day of the competition.)
(b) Integrated skills section
Participants were tested on their demonstration and reports on the scientific topic.(This year’s topic was Pon-pon sen, which was the ship moved by vapor.)
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1st year Gakuho high school students visited two beech forests in Tadami Town (Iyashino-mori and Agarikono-mori). The guides and instructors for the trip were Nikkuni Isamu, Watanabe Kazuko and Takahara Yutaka. Mr. Nikkuni is the chief of the beech center in Tadami Town. He taught to students before their trip to the forests. Ms. Watanabe and Mr. Takahara are authorized instructors of the town.
The students went to Iyashino-mori in the morning. They learned about the differences between a natural forest, a secondary forest and man-made forest there. Although students learned about the forests in Mr. Nikkuni’s lecture beforehand, by walking through and noticing the differences, they were able to understand the forests better. They also visited a Gap; A characteristic opening in the branches of beech trees which brings sunlight into the forest. Fortunately, when the students went to the Gap, the sun was shining and they were able to see fantastic scenery.
After lunch, the students visited Agarikono-mori. There they saw knots in the beech trees. The knots were due to logging that had been done in the winter. Seeing how Agarikono-mori differed from Iyashino-mori, the students were able to think about the protection of the precious beech tree in terms of their sustainability.
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Ten teams ranging from 1st year grade students to 3rd year garade students gathered at Aizu University on Nov.4th. Among the ten teams, one 2nd year team placed first in the prefectural preliminaries and moved up to main tournament. The winners of preliminaries met in one place. Teams of two created programs to solve problems under a time limit. Our students competed fiercely for four hours. Unfortunately, they were not able to achieve a first place. The students look towards next year with determination. The students felt that it was an exciting and useful learning experience. They said they are looking forward to competing next year.
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The students participated in an English presentation contest held in Fukushima city as a preliminary practice for overseas training. The students added their opinions to their presentation about their research on radiation and the revitalization effort in Fukushima. They presented in English without looking at their manuscript. The students seemed to be encouraged by the expressive power of the presentations of the other participating students’ presentations. They will also present in English at this year's Taiwanese high school exchange. So we hope the students make use of these experiences to further improve their expressive power in English.
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The 2018 Scientific Championship was held by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education, sponsored by the Faculty of Symbiotic Science from Fukushima University on October 21st.From Aizu Gakuho High School, Seven second year students and six first year students participated in the competition. Below are the details of the contest.
(1) The writing section (180 points)
The participants were tested on their abilities to make use of their knowledge of science and apply it to think of the solutions on issues related to science, mathematics and computer science.
Issues beyond general curriculum were presented.
(2) The practical skills section ( 360 points: 180 points for an experiment section, and 180 points for a practical skills section.)
The participants were tested on their ability to experiment, practice and consider the topics of science, mathematics and computer science. They competed using their creativity and
communication ability to solve problems with the great use of science technology.
(a) Experiment section: Participants’ skills in making scientific observations and experiments were tested. (The details were announced the day of the competition.)
(b) Integrated skills section: Participants did demonstrations and made reports on their scientific topic. (This year’s topic was wind powered cars)
Seventeen teams from seven high school in Fukushima prefecture participated in the competition.
Team "YOU-RYOKU-TAI" won third place. The members were Igarashi Gen, Oku Dan, Nagamine Haru, Hatano Taisei, Honma Hideki and Murayama Tomoki. (Writing- 3rd place, Practical skills -1st place.)
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The first year and second year students from Aizu Gakuho High School compete in this contest every year. This year, the students participated in oral presentation section and poster presentation section. The Following are the results of the contest.
RESULTS
Oral presntation - Physics section
First Place: "The Development of an Automatic Evaluation System for the Electrical Characteristics of Solar Cells" Masaya Shiota
Award for Excellence: "The Development Process of Perovskite Solar Cells" Hideki Honma and Taisei Abe
Oral presntation - Chemistry section
Award for Excellence: "Preventive Measures against Ultraviolet Rays - The Observation of Spectrums using DVD Spectroscopes-" Yuki Ikarashi, Yuka Ito, Ryoko Shike and Ayane Takahashi
Oral presntation - Biology section
First Place: "Production of Sugar from Wood via White Rot Fungus" Rio Asami, Yuka Oyama, Kaori Takahata, Hinano Muroi and Minami Watanabe
Poster presentation section
Award for Excellence: "The Development Process of Perovskite Solar Cells" Masaya Shiota, Hideki Honma and Taisei Abe
 Poster Presentation by Mathematics team |
 Poster Presentation by Information Sciences team |
 Oral Presentation by Chemistry team |
 Oral Presentation by Biology team |
 Oral Presentation by Earth Sciences team |
 Physics team at the award ceremony |
The 2016 Scientific Championship was held by the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education, sponsored by the Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science from Fukushima University. Two teams from Aizu Gakuho High School participated in the competition. The following are the details of the contest.
(1)The writing section(360 points)
The participants were tested on their abilities to make use of their knowledge of science and apply it to think of the solutions on issues of science, mathematics and computer science.
(2)The practical skills section (180 points for the experiment, and 180 points for practical skills)
The participants were tested on their ability to generate ideas, communicate with other participants and make use of their own knowledge to think of solutions to scientific problems.
Experiment part
Participants’ skills on scientific observations and experiments were tested. The details were announced on that day.
Integrated skills part
Participants did demonstrations and made reports on their scientific topic.
Eighteen teams from seven high schools in Fukushima prefecture participated in the competition. Team "SEN-SHOKU-TAI" (named after the Japanese word for chromosome in Japanese) won the championship. The members were Rio Asami, Yuka Oyama, Koki Kabeya, Yui Suga, Ryunosuke Hanami, Hinano Muroi, Yusuke Suzuki and Goki Yamazaki. (Writing-2nd place, Experiment-1st place.) It has been three years since a team from Aizu Gakuho has won the first place in this competition. The "SEN-SHOKU-TAI" members are going to participate in the national competition, which will be held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki from May 17 to May 20, 2017, as the representatives from Fukushima prefecture.
 The member of "SEN-SHOKU-TAI" |
