No. 6
Friday, August 26, 2016.

ITFI in Kumano
Students went to Kumano, southern part of Mie
prefecture, to have the International Team Field
Investigation (ITFI), which is not part of medal
competition, but an important event of theInternational Earth Science Olympiad to foster young
generation who should actively cooperateinternationally.
They went to Onigajo, at the coast of Kumano, which
is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Onigajo, meaningof which is castle of demon in Japanese, is apyroclastic rock body carved by weathering. Students
investigated the distribution, size and structure ofcaves on the surface of Onigajo and discussed theformation process of the caves.
They also investigated the lithology and grain size of Clockwise from top left; walking to Onigajo, investigating cave ofOnigajo, measuring pebble size, lithology investitgation.
pebbly Shichiri-mihama beach and discussed thebeach forming process. Their investigation results
will be presented this afternoon.

Today's Schedule
Students
06:30 - 08:00 Breakfast
08:10
Departure to Mie University
09:00 - 12:00 Preparations for ITFI presentation
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:30 - 16:30 Presentation of ITFI and ESP
17:00
Departure
18:00 - 21:00 Farewell Dinnerat Green Park Hotel Tsu
21:00
Return to Sportsman House Suzuka

Weather Forecast
Today (26)

max 32 ºC
chance of rain 20%
sunny, partly cloudy

Mentors and Observers (Alterable)
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast (Room Ise)
09:00 - 12:00 Moderation (Room Aoi)
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00
Departure to Mie University
13:30 - 16:00 Presentation of ITFI and ESP
16:00
Departure
17:00 - 18:00 Medal presentation approval meeting(Room Aoi)
18:00 - 21:00 Farewell Dinnerat Green Park Hotel Tsu

Saturday (27)

Sunday (28)sunny, partly cloudy
partly shower in pm

cloudy, partly rain

min 26 ºC
max 32 ºC
chance of rain 40%

min 25 ºC
max 29 ºC
chance of rain 60%

Kids fostered friendship

OrigamiStudents finally retrieved their mobile phones
Wednesday, at 19:30. To avoid cheating, students
were asked to deposit their digital devices with theIESO supervisor when they arrived at theaccommodation in Suzuka. A few tens of minutes
before the return time, the students gathered in frontof the return room and started to count down.
Students went very excited when they retrieved theirdevices. Since they did not stop using the devices,
the supervisor shut down the Wi-fi network in theaccommodation at midnight.
The students also fostered friendship with eachother. They exchanged small gifts such as coins andkeyrings brought from their home. Theirconversation continued until yesterday morning.

Paper-folding tradition is seen in many countries
but it was developed as an art, Origami in Japan.
Origami sometimes has a ceremonial function.
For example, crane origami is made sometimes topray for peace, recovery or victory. An
Anomalocaris origami was first created by Mr.
Koizumi. He took a hint when he was folding apaper to make a crane. You can search otherpaleontological origami on YouTube.

Origami ofAnomalocaris

Kids unlapping smartphones

Music welcomed IESO kids

After ITFI yesterday, IESO students visited Kumano
Civic Hall to attend a concert presented by theKinomoto High School Symphonic Band in Kumanocity. The concert started with Michel Jackson'sThriller. Then, other performances followed, such as
Sukiyaki, with dances and songs. Theirwell-choreographed performance culminated instanding ovation and the band played encore, which
they did not anticipate.

My shuriken isa origami.

Today's Quiz
Do you use weather symbols in your country? InJapan, there are 21 weather symbols. The Japanese
weather symbols are used nationwide and in thescience curriculum of junior high school students.
The question is: what is the meaning of thefollowing symbols. Choose from “fine” ,“cloudy” , “snow” and “fog” .
A)

B)

Editor;Kazutaka Mannen, Kentaro Tada,
Arito Sakaguchi and Bogdan Dumitru EnescuPublisher; Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
http://ieso2016.jp/
https://www.facebook.com/ieso2016Mie/C)D)