Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025

Presentation information

[J] Oral

O (Public ) » Public

[O-08] Kitchen Earth Science: its potential for producing diverse goals by hands-on experiments

Sun. May 25, 2025 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM International Conference Room (IC) (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

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), Chairperson: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)

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

[O08-07] Panel discussion on the role of Kitchen Earth Science in the TV drama series “Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu (The Science Club)”

★Invited Papers

*Ichiro Kumagai1, Ayako I Suzuki2, Michiko Shimokawa3, Kei Kurita4 (1.School of Science and Engineering, Meisei University, 2.Toyo University, 3.Nara Women’s University, 4.Institute of Science Tokyo)

Keywords:Shin Iyohara, Kitchen Earth Sicence, Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu, Experiment

The panel discussion will focus on the role of the "Kitchen Earth Science Experiment" in the 2024 TV drama series "Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu (The Science Club)," and discuss the importance of hands-on experiments that produce diverse goals. This session will feature Shin Iyohara (novelist), Kazunori Yamashita (director), Satoshi Hashidate (producer), and Keiji Hisayoshi who taught at the high school evening classes that served as the model for the Iyohara’s novel, and the others related to the TV drama. The moderator will be Ayako Suzuki (Toyo Univ.), the convener of this session. Questions and comments from the audience will also be accepted.