On December 22, 2019, the Science Castle 2019 Kansai Conference was held at Meisei Junior High School and Meisei Senior High School of Meisei Gakuen, Osaka (5-44, Feedzaki-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka City). On the day of the conference, 120 abstracts were presented from 57 schools, with a total of 603 participants.

The Kansai Convention HP is(Please click here).

Below are the award results of the presentations.

<Oral Presentation

Science Castle Grand Prize
O-03 "Measuring Gravitational Acceleration Part 4"
Osaka City Shin-Kitajima Junior High School Science and Technology Club

Science Castle Special Award
O-12 "Establishment of a Culture Method for the Human Striped Stripe Beetle that Can Be Performed by High School Students"
Waseda University Advanced Institute of Technology

Osaka City University Prize
O-05 "Intestinal Bacteria in Fish"
Osaka Meisei Gakuen Meisei High School

Doshisha University Prize
O-07 "Study on Shock Absorption of Dilatant Fluids"
Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi Junior High School

Roth Prize
O-11 "Examination of Marine Microplastic Recovery Using Kishu Binchotan
Department of Biology and Applied Chemistry, Wakayama National College of Technology

＜Poster Presentation

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-45 "Asahikawa to the river where natural eels are so bad!"
Okayama University of Science High School

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-17 "Changes in the body when medaka are exposed to rock music."
Nara Women's University Secondary School
P-19 "Study of Airborne Germicidal Effects of Tree-Based Essential Oils by Diffusion Methods"
Kobe University Secondary School
P-46 "Quantification of color vision illusions
Ritsumeikan Senior High School
P-48 "Drainage performance depending on the shape of the holes in the waste receptacle"
Okayama Ichinomiya High School

Science Castle Poster Special Award
P-45 "Asahikawa to the river where natural eels are so bad!"
Okayama University of Science 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.