Science Education Outreach School Visit
We visit or receive visitation from high school students at designated schools focusing on Sciences (Super Science Highschool) to outreach science education. The program includes science classes and experiences by professors, researchers, or OIST PhD students to deepen the students' interests in science and their awareness of OIST.
Kyuyo High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 4th July 2022 |
| School name | Kyuyo High School |
| No. of audience | 41 |
| Volunteer unit | Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit |
| Volunteer member | Silvia Mariotti (Postdoctoral Scholar) |
| Subject/Topic | The role of renewable energies in the 21st century |
Kaiho High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 15th July 2022 |
| School name | Kaiho High School |
| No. of audience | 240 |
| Volunteer unit | Membranology Unit Experimental Quantum Information Physics Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit |
| Volunteer member | Jan Grasic (PhD student) Tatsuki Hamamoto (PhD student) Yuki Tara (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | Inspiration to pursue scientific research |
Koyo High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 23rd July 2022 |
| School name | Koyo High School |
| No. of audience | 80 |
| Volunteer unit | Fluid Mechanics Unit |
| Volunteer member | Arisa Yokokoji (PhD student) |
Kadena High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 24th August 2022 |
| School name | Kadena High School |
| No. of audience | 8 |
| Unit | Technology Development and Innovation Center |
| Speakers | Koji Ida (Okinawa Liaison Officer) Lauren Ha (Associate Vice President for Technology Development and Innovation) Yoshiaki Ishii (EF Polymer) Mari Takenouchi (Translation and Interpretation Team) |
| Subject/Topic | OIST SDG Initiative Social entrepreneurship activities of OIST startups |
Tachikawa Tokyo Metropolis
| Date | 9th September 2022 |
| School name | TOKYO Metropolis |
| No. of audience | 40 |
| Volunteer unit | Integrative Community Ecology Unit Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit Neural Computation Unit Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit |
| Volunteer member | Callum Hudson (PhD student) Jonas Schneider (PhD student) Pramitha Praveen Kamath (PhD student) Sutashu Tomonaga (PhD student) Hiroki Sawada (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | Introduction of Reserch/Unit Inquiry Based Learning in English |
Yonago Higashi High School
(Tottori Prefecture)
| Date | 9th - 10th September 2021 |
| School name | Yonago Higashi High School |
| No. of audience | 25 (High School year 1 and 2) |
| Volunteer unit | Environmental Informatics Section |
| Volunteer members | Nicholas Ryan Friedman (Research Support Leader) |
| Subject/Topic | Okinawa Soundscape |
Kyuyo High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 10th November 2021 |
| School name | Kyuyo High School |
| No. of audience | 200 (High School year 2) |
| Volunteer unit | Evolution, Cell Biology, and Symbiosis Unit Integrative Community Ecology Unit Memory Research Unit |
| Volunteer members | Yumiko Masukagami (Research Unit Technician) Nonno Hasegawa (PhD student) Sutashu Tomonaga (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | Why Science? organized by rokuyou |
Sapporo Kaisei Secondary School
(Hokkaido Prefecture)
| Date | 1st February 2022 |
| School name | Sapporo Kaisei Secondary School |
| No. of audience | 15 |
| Volunteer unit | Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit |
| Volunteer unit member | Yoshiki Ochiai (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | The little worker - a diverse world of proteins |
Katsushika Sogo High School
(Tokyo Prefecture)
| Date | 8th February 2022 |
| School name | Katsushika Sogo High School |
| No. of audience | 9 |
| Volunteer unit | Marine Climate Change Unit Neural Computation Unit |
| Volunteer unit member | Erina Kawai (Research Unit Technician) Sutashu Tomonaga (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | Online school trip organized by Joy of Creation |
Unna Junior High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 29th September 2020 |
| School name | Unna Junior High School |
| No. of audience | 107 (Middle School year 1) |
| Volunteer unit | Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit |
| Volunteer members | Tsumoru Shintake (Professor) Yuki Tara (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | General Class - Think about your future Photo gallery |
Unna Junior High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 13th October 2020 |
| School name | Unna Junior High School |
| No. of audience | 107 (Middle School year 1) |
| Volunteer unit | Marine Climate Change Unit |
| Volunteer members | Michael Izumiyama (PhD student) Billy Moore (PhD student) Erina Kawai (Research Unit Technician) Jeffrey Jolly (Research Unit Technician) |
| Subject/Topic | General Class - Marine Environmental Education Photo gallery I Photo gallery II |
Unna Junior High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 27th October 2020 |
| School name | Unna Junior High School |
| No. of audience | 107 (Middle School year 1) |
| Volunteer unit | Marine Climate Change Unit Marine Biophysics Unit |
| Volunteer members | Michael Izumiyama (PhD student) Erina Kawai (Research Unit Technician) Otis Brunner (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | General Class - Marine Environmental Problem and Climate change. What is Ocean Science? Photo gallery |
Kyuyo High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 30th October 2020 |
| School name | Kyuyo High School |
| No. of audience | 30 (High School year 1 and 2) |
| Volunteer unit | Mechanics and Materials Unit |
| Volunteer member | Johannes Schoenke (Staff Scientist) |
| Subject/Topic | Mathematics, Physics - Möbius Tables and Kaleidocycles Photo gallery I Photo gallery II |
Okinawa Amicus International
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 12th January 2021 |
| School name | Okinawa Amicus International |
| Volunteer unit | Computational Neuroethology Unit Immune Signal Unit Mechanics and Materials Unit |
| Volunteer members | Shagufta Qamar (PhD student) Charles Whitaker (PhD student) Tsung-Yen Huang (PhD student) Ali Rahmani (PhD student) |
| Subject/Topic | Cultural exchanges |
Unna Junior High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 16th February 2021 |
| School name | Unna Junior High School |
| No. of audience | 107 (Middle School year 1) |
| Subject/Topic | General Class - Final Presentation |
Koyo High School (Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 18th February 2021 |
| School name | Koyo High School |
| No. of audience | 480 (High School year 1 and 2) |
| Volunteer unit | Neural Computation Unit |
| Volunteer member | Kenji Doya (Professor) |
| Subject/Topic | Keynote speech - From robot making to brain science |
Naha Kokusai High School
(Okinawa Prefecture)
| Date | 19th February 2021 |
| School name | Naha Kokusai High School |
| No. of audience | 45 |
| Volunteer unit | Language Education Section |
| Volunteer member | Margaret Howell (English Instructor) |
| Subject/Topic | English Presentation |
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Science education outreach activities at OIST are supported by OIST Foundation and OIST Institutional Development Office in Inspiring the Next Generation.