5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
[G04-P02] Research Activities by High School Students Promoted through High School-University Collaboration
Keywords:Super Science Highschool , High School-University Collaboration, initiative of high school
In 2020, Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Higashi High School was designated as Super Science Highschool (SSH) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology with the goal of "creating a role model for international research and exploration of scientific ethics for the development of world-leading human resources." The specific themes of research and development are (1) the challenge of international activities centered on earth science, (2) the creation of a role model for science ethics education and its dissemination nationwide, (3) the development of girls in the sciences and the challenge of international activities, and (4) support for the international activities of the Science Club.
Regarding (1), students are studying "Fundamentals of Exploration of Science and Mathematics I" and "Fundamentals of Exploration of Science and Mathematics II," which are cross-disciplinary studies that integrate the four fields of science based on earth science. In 2022, students participated in "The 9th International Conference on Geoscience Education" in collaboration with the University of Hyogo, and became the first high school student since the establishment of the conference to give an oral presentation on the content of basic science and mathematics inquiry education and the evaluation of basic science and mathematics inquiry education from the perspective of students, which was simulcast to the world and highly evaluated. In addition, the contents of the research were compiled into a research paper and published in the Journal of Modern Education Review, achieving results in education based on earth science.
Regarding (4), we have made presentations at professional conferences such as the Japan Geoscience Union and the Geological Society of Japan, and have participated in many paper contests such as JSEC and the Japan Student Science Award, and different research teams have advanced to the national competition in the three major competitions in Japan. Students are actively engaged in research every day, including research to clarify the process of magmatic differentiation from the microstructure found in plutonic amphibole and research to clarify the physical origin of columnar joints through simulated experiments.
In particular, the magma team discovered amphibole microstructures (oscillatory zoning) for the first time, which are an index for estimating the environment of magma differentiation processes, in plutonic rocks of the titanite series in southern Hyogo Prefecture. Since 2023, the school has been collaborating with the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, and students will have repeated ZOOM discussions twice a month, and students visit Kyoto University to perform EPMA analysis of minerals. This activity has resulted in a chemical achievement that is a major step away from research activities that relied solely on polarized light microscopes at school.
In January 2024, students conducted an 11-days field trip to Australia. In collaboration with the University of Queensland, the field conducted a field survey of igneous rocks on the east coast of New South Wales and collect rock samples. The results will be presented at the Girl's Expo with Science Ethics hosted by our school, professional conferences in Japan, and the American Geophysical Union, an international conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in January 2025. By taking the initiative of high school and utilizing high school-university collaboration, students' research will be deepened.
Regarding (1), students are studying "Fundamentals of Exploration of Science and Mathematics I" and "Fundamentals of Exploration of Science and Mathematics II," which are cross-disciplinary studies that integrate the four fields of science based on earth science. In 2022, students participated in "The 9th International Conference on Geoscience Education" in collaboration with the University of Hyogo, and became the first high school student since the establishment of the conference to give an oral presentation on the content of basic science and mathematics inquiry education and the evaluation of basic science and mathematics inquiry education from the perspective of students, which was simulcast to the world and highly evaluated. In addition, the contents of the research were compiled into a research paper and published in the Journal of Modern Education Review, achieving results in education based on earth science.
Regarding (4), we have made presentations at professional conferences such as the Japan Geoscience Union and the Geological Society of Japan, and have participated in many paper contests such as JSEC and the Japan Student Science Award, and different research teams have advanced to the national competition in the three major competitions in Japan. Students are actively engaged in research every day, including research to clarify the process of magmatic differentiation from the microstructure found in plutonic amphibole and research to clarify the physical origin of columnar joints through simulated experiments.
In particular, the magma team discovered amphibole microstructures (oscillatory zoning) for the first time, which are an index for estimating the environment of magma differentiation processes, in plutonic rocks of the titanite series in southern Hyogo Prefecture. Since 2023, the school has been collaborating with the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, and students will have repeated ZOOM discussions twice a month, and students visit Kyoto University to perform EPMA analysis of minerals. This activity has resulted in a chemical achievement that is a major step away from research activities that relied solely on polarized light microscopes at school.
In January 2024, students conducted an 11-days field trip to Australia. In collaboration with the University of Queensland, the field conducted a field survey of igneous rocks on the east coast of New South Wales and collect rock samples. The results will be presented at the Girl's Expo with Science Ethics hosted by our school, professional conferences in Japan, and the American Geophysical Union, an international conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in January 2025. By taking the initiative of high school and utilizing high school-university collaboration, students' research will be deepened.