Outreach
Outreach
With schools on summer break, Tokyo Tech will be holding a variety of events for elementary, middle, and high school students in July and August. These include the annual Open Campus and numerous hands-on science classes run by faculty members. Come and experience Tokyo Tech in the summer of 2017!
Please note that advance registration for some programs may already have closed. Events are primarily in Japanese and simultaneous interpretation is not available.
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Thursday, July 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
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Target |
Elementary school students and their parents (10 pairs of one child and one parent) |
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Handmade can sanshin
Experience the joy of creating with your own hands in this class for children and parents. Using empty cans, participants will construct their very own sanshin, the three-stringed Okinawan version of the shamisen.
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Wednesday, August 2, 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. (entry from 9:50 a.m. to 10 a.m.) |
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Target |
Middle school students (capacity 20) |
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Assoc. Prof. Yamamoto (center) holding Time machine-less travel to the past class in 2016
Language changes with time. The meaning of a word today is often not what it was in the past. Time machines and audio recordings of classical Japanese do not exist, but it is possible to decipher how words were used in sentences long ago. Associate Professor Hilofumi Yamamoto takes middle school students to the world of classical Japanese language using visualization methods.
Time |
Thursday, August 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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Target |
High school students, prospective students |
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Tokyo Tech’s revitalized curriculum provides all students the chance to pursue their own interests and career paths. The quarter system makes study abroad a smoother experience, and the Institute for Liberal Arts provides a wide range of courses in humanities and social sciences.
Open Campus is a chance for all prospective students to learn more about the Institute through lab walk-ins, mock lectures, and discussions directly with faculty, current students, and staff members.
Time |
Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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Target |
Elementary and middle school students |
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Manabi-gate Study Fair 2016
Photo courtesy of Daigakutsushin Corporation
Manabi-gate Study Fair 2017, held at Tokyo International Forum, brings together resources from numerous universities to provide young children with a wide range of "see, hear, and touch experiences." One of the Institute’s student clubs, Robogals Tokyo, will host their own booth where children can learn simple programming and freely operate LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robots.
Time |
Saturday, August 26, 9:45 a.m. or 1:45 p.m. (two sessions) |
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Target |
Fifth and sixth grade elementary school students |
Details |
Play with the Earth 2017 is a laboratory class designed for children in the upper elementary grades. Why not come and feel the history and mystery of the Earth through three hands-on learning experiences:
Classifying minerals based on their specific gravities using a heavy liquid
Crushing minerals to more closely observe them
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Published: July 2017
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