New paper on “Let’s become an Ant Expert Today” (March 2020)

OKEON Churamori Project created an educational and enjoyable workshop program on alien species and fire ants aimed at Elementary school kids. This program, “Let’s become an Ant Expert Today”, has been delivered mainly by Dr. Suwabe of the Okinawa Environmental Research Support Section and has been hosted by the OKEON team throughout Okinawa since 2017 as a collaborative research project with the CoSTEP of Hokkaido University. A paper summarizing the development process and outcomes thus far has been published in the Japanese Journal of Science Communication!
 

Yoshimura M, Suwabe M, Ikeda T, Ogasawara M, Economo EP (2020) Development and Implementation of a workshop on Alien Species and Fire Ants for Elementary School Students. Japanese Journal of Science Communication 26: 39-56. DOI: 10.14943/92752 [in Japanese]