Record of Our Activities

All the second-year students in the SG course had the chance to interact with some university students from the U.S.  The university students came to Kanazawa on a program hosted by the Ishikawa Prefecture.  Twenty two university students came to our school and our students were able to talk and introduce what they have been working on in their research project.

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The second-year students in the SG course and few of the third-year students were able to listen to a lecture presented by Mr. Tomoki Nitta.   Mr. Nitta had been stationed in Bhutan for three and a half year.  In his lecture, he talked about the uniqueness of the country and the things we can learn from the country.  The students were able to reflect on the lifestyle in Bhutan and their sense of value through this lecture.

From March 26th to 27th, forty newly-elected students visited United Nations University and other cooperative institutions in Tokyo to prepare for the next SG course research project.

The purpose of this visit was to get some advice on what kind of theme is suited for the research and which problems to study by taking some lectures about global problems.

On the first day, at United Nations University, the students had lectures from the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) and from UN University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) on the activities of the United Nations, which aimed at Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and made a tour of the United Nations University.  On the second day, during the training course separated with each group, they visited the Earth Park of JICA, Plan International, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).  They took some lectures, made a tour and interacted with the students there.

Based on what they learned from this training, they will then prepare for research.

【Comments from the participants】
＊I felt that in the world today, we must think about the future and set our goals to create a sustainable environment.

＊What impressed me the most was the words, “Thanks to the SDGs, we are able to see the problems and issue easily”.  Now that we know and are able to see each country’s progress in achieving the SDGs, it became easy for each country to set their goals.  This will eventually be a large factor in solving the global issues.
 
＊The lecture taught us that our outlook was narrow and broad.  When there is a problem in another country, we must not think of it as a problem in another country, but think of it as a problem in our world.
 
＊I was surprised that children also mine rare metals for cell phones with their bare hands.  Although I know there are some reasons for cheap clothes, I think it is difficult to change lives quickly.  I want to find out what I can do. The common ideas of UNDP and Plan International and JICA are that we should not give temporary help, but give them something that will last for a long time.  I want to consider ideas that have long insight in mind.

On March 17th, four of the second-year students in the SG course participated in “The Poster Session for High School Students 2017” held at Kyoto University.
62 teams from 37 high schools around the nation participated.  Our students gave a presentation titled “A New Type of Children Cafeteria”.
The student who participated listened to the presentation given by students from different schools.  This experience gave them a lot of ideas on how to approach issues around the world.

On February 20th, the first-year students made presentations for the SG Basic Research

First-year students in our general course were divided into 9 classes.  In the SG Basic Research, they did a research on many local problems and thought about the solutions since April.  They researched actively in fieldwork, sent questionnaires, visited institutions, and interacted with people outside the school.  They gave their presentations confidently on each of their topic.  Afterwards, the audience asked presenters a lot of questions.

They will continue to do research on a new topic in the second grade, making use of this year’s research experience.

On February 18th, representatives from the Junior Chamber Incorporated (JCI) all over the Asian-Pacific region gathered at a conference in Kanazawa.  The third-year students in the SG course got up on the stage to do a speech in English.

The conference was held to promote activities and research whose goal is to achieve the SDGS.  The third-year students in the SG course have learned about the SDGs while working on their research. 
The students presented their research with a lot of confidence and added some humor occasionally.  We will continue to ask the people at the Junior Chamber for future cooperation and continue our research to achieve the SDGs.

On February 14th, Mr. Ryobun Santou from Musashi High School was invited to give a lecture on the SDGs.  The second-year students in the SG course listened to the lecture.
  
In the lecture, the students ate and compared the chocolates that are made by using palm oil and chocolate that are made without palm oil.  Through the lecture, the students learned the situations in the Borneo Island where there are sides: people who want to save the rainforest and people who want to increase the area of palm oil plantation for profit.
  
The students also played “2030 SDGs Game” and imagined an ideal world in the future.  The lecture and the experience gave students a lot of enthusiasm to work on their research.

On February 11th and 12th, there was a conference at the Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry to talk about how to collaborate the research projects performed in high schools and universities in Japan.  Two students from the second-year the SG course participated.

More than 120 teachers and students participated from all over the country.  The two students from our school did a poster session on their research and had a group discussion with teachers from high school and university.  It was a good opportunity for our students to learn and realize the importance of the research they are doing.

On January 31st, NSH Meeting for Reading Research Papers was held at Sakura-gaoka High School.  Three teams from our school participated and presented what they have worked on for the past year.

Many of the students that participated have done research on various topics and the students, including ours, exchanged a lot of information through this event.

On January 27th, Meeting for Reading Research Papers was held between three high schools (Kanazawa Univerisity High School, Kanazawa Nisui High School, and Kanazawa Izumi-gaoka High School).  Two teams from the SG course participated and presented what they have worked on for the past year.