about Matsuyama Minami High School

　Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Minami High School has been designated as a Super Science High School (SSH) by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology since 2002. We have been researching and developing programs for science education in cooperation with universities and research institutes. We try to bring fascinating and inspiring science activities not only to our students but also to the local community. 　Each of our students does a great deal of individual research, and because of their strenuous effort, they have won prizes in various kinds of science fairs.

about SSH

　The SSH project was started in 2002 as part of the "Scientific Literacy Enhancement Initiative" by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It aims to develop student abilities and develop global leaders with great ambitions in the field of science. And technology. As of 2021, there are 218 high schools designated as SSH, including ours.

New topic

Junior Session of the Physics Society of Japan

2023年5月17日 16時44分

On Saturday, March 18, Junior Session of the Physics Society of Japan was held online, and six research teams from our school’s physics course participated. The competing teams were selected to represent their school after having their research papers, which were due last December, read by the judges our six teams were the most from any one school in the whole country. The session consisted of 10 minutes presentation, 5 minutes Questions and Answers, and 20 minutes free discussion. The for each team Q＆A sessions were full of very advanced and sharp questions from so many physics professors gathered in just one place. The competing students looked nervous, but they seemed to do their best to answer the questions. The research topics of the competing teams were as follows:

・Research on causes of splattering of contents when opening seasoning sachets

・Wind power generation using a flywheel with variable moment of inertia

・Research on wind power generation of rotating objects using

・Why is the sound amplitude different whether a container filled with water is tapped or shaken?

・Conditions and principles of the generation of the kay effect ~Focusing on the type of fluid and the plane in which shampoo falls~

・Conditions for the occurrence of the glare phenomenon: Focusing on optical factors ■

Impression

I think I was able to increase my motivation for research through discussions with students from other schools with whom I would not normally have the opportunity to interact. I would like to make the most of the opinions we gained from these discussions in the future.