On December 8, 2019, the Science Castle 2019 Kyushu Conference was held at Kumamoto Prefectural Second High School (3-13-1 Higashimachi, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto City). A total of 365 participants attended the event, with 70 abstracts presented by 32 schools from 11 prefectures (Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima), as well as Yamaguchi, Ehime, Hiroshima, and Hyogo, for a total of 32 schools from 7 Kyushu prefectures (Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima).

The Kyushu Convention website is(Please click here).

Below are the award results of the presentations.

<Oral Presentation

Science Castle Grand Prize
O-09 "Signals of the Spotted Bobwhite: Image Analysis and Signal Processing".
Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Kita High School

Science Castle Special Award
O-05 "Comparison of egg laying and growth on different food plants of the Japanese knotweed.
Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto Kita High School

KMBiologics Award
O-08 "Vision and learning ability of fishes
Kumamoto Prefectural Second High School

Daiichi Pharmaceutical University Award
O-01 "Current Status and Future Development of Music Therapy in Group Homes"
Aiko Senior High School

Kumamoto Prefecture Next Generation VentureCreation Support Consortium Award
O-12 "SOS of Camphor Tree Chemical Communication in Plants"
Kumamoto Prefectural Uto High School

＜Poster Presentation

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-20 "Potential Use of Jumbo Tanishi as Livestock Feed"
Meiji Gakuen Junior & Senior High School

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-18 "Harbor Ants in the Jeungdo Islands - Monitoring of Invasive Ants"
Ikeda Gakuen Ikeda High School
P-41 "Saving Amakusa with Natto and Mekabu!"
Amakusa High School
P-44 "Aquatic animal responses to electrical stimulation."
Takagawa Gakuen Junior High School
P-45 "New Vinegar from Specialty Products!"
Kagoshima Kokubu High School
P-49 "A closer look at the ecology of caddisflies that eliminate southern killifish."
Kaisei High School

Science Castle Poster Special Award
P-6 "Neutralization Titration by Paper Chromatography"
Shinwa High School

RIVANES will continue to support research activities of middle and high school students.
We would like to thank all the presenting schools and all those who assisted in organizing the event.