Kagaku Asobi Lab is a science workshop conducted at elementary schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools in Tsukuba city.
Most children love science when they are young. So through activities and experiments, and with the help of university students, Kagaku Asobi Lab connects this interest in science with understanding.
Rather than just a one-time encounter with science, we hope to create an experience that sparks a lasting interest.
If you have an inquiry about Kagaku Asobi Lab, please contact:
asobirabo [at] tsukubascience.com
Workshop #7 “Police science”
March 4, 2011
Nursery school
The police have a few clever tricks to help them catch bad people. Of course they use a little science on the way.
- What is a fingerprint? Why are they special?
- Find your own fingerprint, just like the police do.
- Help catch the robbers – with grape juice!
Workshop #6 “Learn about microbes”
January 26, 2011
After-school care center 16:00-17:00
There are microbes all around us. There are many different kinds and they are not all bad.
Some of them are very useful for us.
- How big is a microbe? How many are there in a handful of dirt?
- What do microbes eat?
- Experiment with yeast capsules.
Workshop #5 “Fun with seeds”
October 30/31, 2010
Tsukuba Science Festival, Tsukuba Capio 10:00-16:00
Some seeds float on the breeze. Others stick to a passing animal.
Many are eaten and carried about in animals stomachs.
Come and find out about the amazing journeys of seeds.
- We’ll show you some seeds you’ve seen many times, but can you guess what they are?
- Try your arm at cocklebur darts
- Make a flying model seed.
Workshop #4 “Bugs around Us”
August 29, 2010
La La Garden Shopping Center 14:00-15:30
Summer is the time when many insects come out to play. They are everywhere, all around us.
But how much do you actually know about our summertime companions?
Come and learn a little about the amazing world of insects.
- How strong is a rhinoceros beetle?
- How fast is a pill bug?
- Learn about insect body parts by making a bee.
Workshop #3 “Life in the Sea”
July 17, 2010
La La Garden Shopping Center 14:00-15:30
Ocean Day is just around the corner!
What kind of animals live in the sea? What kind of food do they eat?
Learn about sea creatures by seeing them and touching them ‘in the flesh’.
- Touch creatures from the sea.
- Why are they the shape that they are?
- There is more to seaweed than just ‘wakame’.
Workshop #2 “Fun with seeds”
June 23, 2010
After-school care center
What is this strange shaped seed? You drop it and… oh, it spins!
Using familiar seeds, this workshop stimulates children’s interest in plants.
- Watching how seeds fly.
- Making and flying model seeds.
- How can seeds fly better?
- Making a seed display book.
Workshop #1 “Fun with seeds”
May 28, 2010
Nursery school students
Everyone loves to see fluffy dandelion seeds floating in the breeze. But why do dandelion seeds float that way? Do other kinds of seeds fly too? Beginning with seeds—a familiar topic for children—this workshop introduces the life cycles of plants.
- What kind of seed is this?
- Let’s build model seeds!
- Which seed flys the furthest?
- Let’s make a seed picture book.
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