Delivery of lessons | Minamata Disease

2022

Date	Name of school	Grade	Number of students
Date	Main lesson topics
30 Sep	Minamata High School	Grade 2	13
30 Sep	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
9 Sept	Minamata High School	Grade 2	5
9 Sept	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
2 Sept	Minamata High School	Grade 2	7
2 Sept	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
4 Aug	Minamata Environmental Academia	Elementary and junior high school students	4
4 Aug	Let's take out the DNA!
15 Jul	Minamata High School	Grade 2	3
15 Jul	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
8 Jul	Minamata High School	Grade 2	11
8 Jul	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
24 June	Minamata High School	Grade 2	11
24 June	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
16 June	Sashiki Elementary School	Grade 2	35
16 June	Differences in the head bones of bear, Steller's sea lion and elephant deer
16 June	Sashiki Elementary School	Grade 5	37
16 June	How to deal with wild animals (in collaboration with Dr Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka, Shiretoko Foundation) Differences in the head bones of bears, lionfish and Ezo sika deer
15 June	Minamata Environmental Academia	General public elementary, junior high and high school students	20
15 June	Nature conservation activities in Shiretoko, Hokkaido (in collaboration with the Shiretoko Foundation and Dr Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka) Differences in the head bones of bears, Steller's sea lions and Ezo sika deer
15 June	Kurohiji Elementary School	Grade 5	27
15 June	What kind of disease is Minamata disease? How to deal with wild animals (in collaboration with Dr Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka, Shiretoko Foundation) About the differences in the head bones of bears, toads and Ezo sika deer
14 June	Taura Junior High School	Grades 1, 2 and 3	92
14 June	How to get along with wild animals - just how much is a good kyori? -(In collaboration with Dr Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka, Shiretoko Foundation) Differences in the skulls of bears, Steller's sea lions and Ezo sika deer according to species.
10 June	Minamata High School	Grade 2	11
10 June	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture
22 Apr	Minamata High School	Grade 2	64
22 Apr	Integrated Inquiry Inquiry Lecture Let's make a poster!
1 Mar	Sashiki Elementary School	Grade 5	61
1 Mar	Mercury story
24 February	Taura Elementary School	Grade 6	27
24 February	Vocational lecture What is methylmercury?

2021

Date	Name of school	Grade	Number of students
Date	Main lesson topics
24 Oct	Minamata Daiichi Elementary School	Grades 4, 5 and 6	36
24 Oct	Introduction to the work of researchers: Let's take out DNA (Ichisho Festival)
24 Oct	Minamata Daiichi Elementary School	Grades 4, 5 and 6	37
24 Oct	Introduction to the work of researchers Let's try paper chromatography (Ichisho Festival)
23 Jun	Minamata Daini Elementary School	Grade 5	34
23 Jun	Mercury used since ancient times.
5 Feb	Yatsushiro Elementary School	Grade 4	48
5 Feb	Working on an oceanographic research vessel

2020

Date	Name of school	Grade	Number of students
Date	Main lesson topics
28 Nov	Minamata Environmental Academia	Elementary school students	4
28 Nov	Let's see the real working cell
14 Nov	Minamata High School	Grade 2	3
14 Nov	KSH presentation poster
24 Oct	Minamata Daiichi Elementary School	Grades 4, 5 and 6	27
24 Oct	Introduction to the work of researchers (Ichisho Festival)
10 Oct	Minamata Daini Elementary School	Grade 2	32
10 Oct	Let's fly soap bubbles!
16 Sept	Minamata High School	Grade 1	127
16 Sept	Can you explain mercury to someone?
14 Jan	Minamata Daini Elementary School	Grade 5	63
14 Jan	Methylmercury is in my body too.

2019

Date	Name of school	Grade	Number of students
Date	Main lesson topics
7 Dec	Minamata Daini Elementary School	Grade 6	59
7 Dec	There are many kinds of mercury.