Announcement
NIED hosts active learning workshop and welcomes high school students aspiring to become future scientists from Taiwan and Hong Kong
On March 29, NIED hosted an active learning workshop that took the participants to experience the world's largest rainfall simulator and observe the state-of-the-art earthquake, tsunami, and volcano monitor room to learn and discuss with leading scientists on how their communities can better understand disaster risks and be prepared for possible disaster events.
NIED welcomed 15 high school students from Taiwan and Hong Kong who were visiting Japan to participate in Tsukuba Science Edge 2024 (the International Science Idea Contest for Junior and Senior High School Students). The visit to NIED was one of the science bus tours of this annual event.
The workshop began with an overview of the concept of hazard and disaster risks, as well as an overview of NIED's activities to better understand and take effective measures to disaster risks. The introductory lecture was followed by tour of NIED’s two experimental facilities.
During the facility tour, the students received a lecture about NIED’s observation network for earthquake, tsunami and volcano (MOWLAS) given by Dr. Shin AOI, Director-General of the Network Center for Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcano, NIED. At the Large-scale Rainfall Simulator, they experienced a torrential rainfall reproduced by the rainfall simulator.
After visiting both facilities, active group discussions were held on how their communities may better understand and prepare for disasters with facilitation by NIED researchers, Dr. Nelson PULIDO, Dr. Tomohiro ISHIZAWA, Dr. Hisahiko KUBO and Dr. Asako IWAKI.
At the conclusion of the workshop, each group presented a summary of their group's discussion and received a certificate of participation.
