Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024

convener:Ichiro Kumagai(School of Science and Engineering, Meisei University), Ayako I Suzuki(Toyo University), SHIMOKAWA MICHIKO(Nara Womens University), Kei Kurita(Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

"Kitchen Earth Science" aims to understand a natural phenomenon in earth and planetary sciences through analogue experiments using goods and tools in our daily life. In this session, we focus on "hands-on experiments that produce diverse goals" and discuss the importance of analogue experiments with uncertainties, which causes unpredictable results: even if the experiment fails, we learn a lot of things from the failure which can lead to a great success. This time, as a special guest, we will invite Mr. Shin Iyohara, a writer with a background in earth and planetary science, to discuss the role and educational effectiveness of the "Kitchen Earth Science Experiment" featured in his new work, "Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu," which is a story in a science club of a high school evening classes. We will introduce the experiments shown in the novel and demonstrate the experiments related to the novel to provide an opportunity to exchange opinions with many people, including junior/high school students of the same age as the science club, teachers, and researchers.We welcome all the participants who are interested in "Kitchen Earth Science" to stimulate your brain by hands-on science experiments.