National University Corporation Okayama University
[Okayama University] Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials & Okayama University Teacher Education Development Center conducted experiential learning for students of the “Next Generation Science Human Resources Development Program”
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September 16, 2024 (Reiwa 6) National University Corporation Okayama University https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/
◆Overview The Institute for Planetary Materials (Misasa Town, Tottori Prefecture), which is part of the Institute for Advanced Research of Okayama University (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Okayama City, President: Yasutomo Nasu), is a research institute conducted by the University’s Teacher Education Development Center. On August 21, 2024, we held an experiential learning experience for 33 junior high school students in the Next Generation Science Human Resources Development Program at our research institute.
Since 2023, the Okayama University Teacher Education Development Center has been implementing a science program for junior high school students in Okayama Prefecture with the support of the Nakatani Foundation for the Promotion of Medical and Engineering Measurement Technology. It was conducted at our research institute located in . First, on July 20th, Professor Katsura Kobayashi gave a preliminary lecture entitled “The World of Space and Planetary Materials Science” (at Okayama University Tsushima Campus), followed by a total of 40 students, 33 students from the Next Generation Science Human Resources Development Program and 7 supervisors. visited the institute on August 21st.
After Director Kiwami Yoshino gave an explanation about the institute, the students were divided into six groups and visited the ultra-clean room where samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu are stored, a remote observation booth for Ryugu particles using SEM, and a meteorite. The participants were given a tour of the explanation booth and the high-pressure laboratory that creates the environment deep in the earth.
The tour proceeded in an interactive format with questions and answers, and at the end, a summary of the two-day program was given, and it concluded with an acknowledgment from the representative students.
As a regional core and distinctive research university: Okayama University, our university is actively training the next generation of human resources. Please look forward to the continued efforts of our research university: Okayama University.
-Program overview schedule-
Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2020 11:00-17:00
Visiting group: Okayama University Teacher Education Development Center “Next Generation Science Human Resources Development Program” 33 junior high school students 7 leaders (40 people in total) 11:00-11:30 Greetings from the director: Yoshino, director of the Institute for Polar Planetary Materials Tour guidance: Professor Katsura Kobayashi 11:30-12:00 Lunch (3rd floor conference room) 12:00-15:00 High-pressure laboratory tour (high-pressure experimental building, etc.) Chemical laboratory tour (1st and 2nd floors of the 1st research building) SEM training, etc. (1st research Building Tea Room) 14:50-15:00 Summary
◆Reference
・Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials (IPM)
http://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/jp/
・Okayama University Teacher Education Development Center
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/cted/
◆Reference information
・Nakatani Medical and Engineering Measurement Technology Promotion Foundation “Next Generation Science Human Resources Development Program” for junior high school students (Okayama University Teacher Education Development Center)
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/cted/news/index_id12539.html ・[Okayama University] Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials is certified as “Okayama University Advanced Research Institute” – Okayama University’s first “system to foster world-class research and innovation excellence and depth” launched –
・About Okayama University’s space strategy (overview)
◆Reference video
・Introduction video collection of Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials
https://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/movie/
・Introduction of Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials (YouTube 4:53) https://youtu.be/UQtAxdYGI0k
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Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials (Misasa Town, Tottori Prefecture)
Location of Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University (from Google Maps)
◆For inquiries regarding this matter: Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials (IPM) General Affairs 827 Yamada, Misasa-cho, Tohaku-gun, Tottori Prefecture, 682-0193 TEL: 0858-43-1215 (Main) FAX: 0858-43-2184
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