On December 14, 2019, the Science Castle 2019 Tohoku Conference was held at the Narita Community Center in Tomiya City (Miyagi Prefecture) as the second day of the "Future and Hydrogen Energy Forum in Tomiya". A total of 335 participants, including 245 junior and senior high school students, attended the event, which featured 54 presentations from 22 schools in a total of 1 city and 5 prefectures in Tokyo, in addition to the 5 Tohoku prefectures of Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Miyagi.

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Below are the award results of the presentations.

<Oral Presentation

Science Castle Grand Prize
O-01 "Sr at low concentrations using Mikazukimo²⁺Absorption of"
Fukushima Seikei High School

Science Castle Special Award
O-11 "Why Did the Kunimasu of Lake Tazawa Become Extinct?"
Akita Prefectural Omagari Agricultural High School

Looop Award
O-12 "We want to eat delicious taro. To make that happen, we need strong seedlings!"
Yamagata Prefectural Murayama Industrial High School

Liberace Award
O-08 "Gait Analysis of Jasdee"
Sendai Daisan High School, Miyagi Prefecture

＜Poster Presentation

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-09 "Perfect Ice Created in the Freezer"
Izumitateyama High School

Science Castle Best Poster Award
P-02 "Comparison of the number of detections (HRO and VOR) in meteor radio observations"
Furukawa Reimei Junior High School, Miyagi, Japan Natural Science Club

P-05 "Behavioral Chains in the Reproductive Behavior of the Leopard Lizard, Anguilla anguilla
Biology Club, Nihon University Yamagata High School

P-15 "Growth Promoting Effects of Endophytes on Buckwheat"
Yamagata Prefectural Murayama Industrial High School

P-24 "Solving Food Problems with Cell Culture"
NEST Doctor Course

P-27 "Search for novel bacteriophages infecting Bacillus subtilis natto"
Sendai Daisan High School, Miyagi Prefecture

Tomiya Mayor Award
P-27 "Search for novel bacteriophages infecting Bacillus subtilis natto"
Sendai Daisan High School, Miyagi Prefecture

Science Castle Poster Special Award
P-23 "The Effect of Audible Sound Waves (Vibrations) on Yeast Fungi"
Yamagata Higashi High School, Yamagata, Japan

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.