While many schools are temporarily closed due to measures against new coronavirus infections, the digital content collection "Science and Technology Public Relations Study Group Special Program for Temporary Closed Schools" is attracting attention. "I want children who spend a lot of time at home to take a look, and take this opportunity to get in touch with the cutting edge of research," said a network of spokespersons at universities and research institutes.

 The "Science and Technology Public Relations Study Group Special Program for Temporary Closed Schools" was established on February 2020, 2, the day after Prime Minister Abe issued a request for closed schools.A spokesperson for each university / research institution picked up a video work that children would definitely like to see from the digital contents of their institution.In addition, special classes that can be enjoyed live, such as the "Latest Astronomical Course for Elementary School Students" (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), will be delivered.

 The works that are open to the public are introduced in seven categories, "special lessons" that are broadcast live. The "quickly seen images" are the experimental images "the moment when an ultra-strong magnetic field is generated" (Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo), "artificial photosynthesis hydrogen and renewable energy" (Tokyo Institute of Technology), and "beam treatment". "How do you do it?" (Tokyo Institute for Solid State Physics), "Spark your curiosity" (Faculty of Science, Nagoya University), "Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?" (Okinawa Science and Technology Graduate School) University), "Door of Philosophy" (Kumamoto University), etc.

 Also, in "Videos that you want to watch endlessly", "Let's count together-African Tsumegael cell division-from fertilization to hatching-" (Basic Biology Research Institute x niconico), and in "Games", the iPad app. "IPS Master" (Kyoto University iPS Cell Research Institute), "Coronavirus Information from Microbial Disease Research Institute" (Osaka University Microbial Disease Research Institute) in "Yomimono", and scientific art video "Handmade Crystal" in "Work" "Tree" (Hokkaido University CoSTEP), "VR compatible video", "Cosmic Ray Research Institute VR" (University of Tokyo Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), "Lectures, science cafes, results announcements, etc." War (2019/1/17) ”(Osaka City University),“ Let's engineer hair regeneration medicine! ”(Yokohama National University), etc.The above is just an example, and it is being updated one after another.

 Various contents that stimulate curiosity, such as "Morning glory flower color change experiment" (National Institute for Basic Biology) and "Disaster Response Humanoid Robot HRP-2 Kai [Demonstration 1]" (National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) Is introduced.

 In the Science and Technology Public Relations Study Group (JACST), which plans and manages this time, spokespersons from research institutes and universities go beyond the boundaries of the organization to which they belong, share issues in public relations activities, help each other, and grow together. A network that aims to continue.About 80 spokespersons from about 140 organizations are participating (as of March 2020, 3).

Reference: [Science and Technology Public Relations Study Group] Interesting digital contents of science and technology that children who are closed should definitely see

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