Grades 1-3: "Okinawan Terrestrial Animals and Nature"

Junior high school students learn about what a crystal is.

220 students from Showa Yakka Junior High School Students in Urasoe City visited OIST on Dec. 5, 2013

A boy shows how he has used his hands to paint the whale mural.

Dr. Yuuri Yasuoka injects material into fertilized eggs of Xenopus tropicalis to inhibit functions of particular genes.  Eggs 0.7~0.8 mm in diameter were aligned and each egg was injected with 1~2 nl (nl equals with a millionth of ml) of a solution, under the microscope.

Miki Seragaki (left) and Mamiko Asato: "It was a lot of fun to experiment with things!”