The Arilab had a great time teaching children about ants. It was a lot of fun to hear all their interesting questions.
Tag: education
OIST Open Campus, March 2014
The Arilab had a great time preparing for Open Campus. We loved meeting the community and teaching everyone about the wonderful world of ants.
Thank you to all the volunteers, and especially Masako-san, for everything they did. Our booth wouldn’t have been a success without them!
Children’s School of Science, August 2013
Last week, from August 12th to the 16th, the children of Onna-son and surroundings had the chance to have an army of scientists from OIST teaching them about SCIENCE! This annual event, called the School of Science, became in spite of its young age an expected tradition for the local kids.
Therefore the Biodiversity and Biocomplexity unit had to be present! On Monday and Tuesday, 27 kids aged from 7 to 9 years old had the opportunity to learn more about arthropods living in Okinawa. During these two days, kids learned about the incredible diversity and importance of insects in terrestrial ecosystems. A brief lecture was proposed to them, quickly followed by field work! There, the young entomologists collected several species of spiders, ants, grasshoppers (quite diverse around the classroom), butterflies, ladybeetle, Hemipterans, and even a praying mantis!
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