No. 3
Tuesday, August 23, 2016.

https://www.facebook.com/ieso2016Mie/Preparing the Test
Discussion on the content of the written test,
which will be delivered to the 10th International
Earth Science Olympiad, started on Sunday at 3pm. The written test consists of two parts,
Theme 1 and 2. The final version of Theme 1
test was fixed by 9 pm after a 5 hours discussion
and was distributed to mentors. Afterwards thementors translated the test into 18 languages
and final versions were submitted by yesterday
noon. The test was printed and enclosed
yesterday afternoon.
Theme 2 test wasdiscussed yesterday morning and translation
continued until last evening. Yesterday, thepractical test was also discussed and translated.

Clockwise from top left: Discussion room, proposal
for revision, waiting final version of Theme 1 test,translating at midnight, printing, and enclosure.

Today's Schedule

Students
06:30 - 08:00 Breakfast
08:10
Departure to Mie University
09:30 - 11:30 Written Test
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00 Written Test
14:00 - 15:00 Explanation of Earth Science Project (ESP)
15:30 - 17:00 Visit Mie Prefectural Museum
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner (Rotation)
19:30 - 21:00 Earth Science Project (ESP)

Weather Forecast
Today (23)

max 34 ºC
chance of rain 20%
sunny, cloudy in evning

Mentors and Observers (Alterable)
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast (Room Ise)
09:00 - 12:00 Translation of Practical Tests (Room Aoi)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Room Ise)
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop on Earth Sciene Education
17:00 - 18:00 Enclosure of Test Sheets (Room Shobu)
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner (Room Ise)
19:00 - 21:00 Enclosure of Test Sheets
Coordinator Meeting (Room Hagi)

Wednesday (24)

Thursday (25)cloudy, partly rain

cloudy, partly sunnymin 26 ºC
max 31 ºC
chance of rain 20%

min 25 ºC
max 30 ºC
chance of rain 40%

Ise Jingu with the Local Students
Students of IESO visited the city of Ise, which islocated 40 km southeast of their accommodationin Suzuka city. In Ise, they were welcomed by 77
students of the local Uji Yamada Commercial
High School in Ise Jingu Kaikan Hall and enjoyedquizzes related to the culture and geography of Ise.
The team Bangladesh won the quiz. IESO andlocal students talked together and decided routes
to walk around the Ise Jingu shrine and a classicalstreet named Okage-Yokocho in front of theshrine. During the walk, the Uji Yamada students
explained various details including the way ofworshipping and the history of the shrine.
Clockwise from top left: Local students welcoming IESO
students. An Australian student returning a salute.
Team France answering. Team Italy walking through
Ise Jingu. Team Norway trying Udon noodle. Team
India reading a map.

Today's QuizMieDo you know Subaru? Maybe the name of a Japanese
motor company comes first into your mind.
However, originally, it is the ancient name of anastronomical object seen in the sky of Japan. Thequestion is: What is Subaru?

Mie-ken or Mie Prefecture, where we are staying,is a prefecture in the Tokai region located in thecentral part of Japan. The capital is named Tsu.
Mie-ken has a population of 1.84 million and thearea is 5,777 km 2 . At Mie-Mu (Mie PrefecturalMuseum), which students will visit today, you canexplore the nature and culture of the prefecture.
The student accommodation lies in Suzuka city,well-known as the center of motorsports in Japan.
Honda has a major auto plant in this city and theF-1 races are held in the circuit nearby.

A) Lyra, a constellation that can be seen during the summerB) Pleiades or M45, an open star cluster
C) Andromeda Galaxy or M31

I was born in Mie.
Emblem of aSubaru car

Editor;Kazutaka Mannen, Kentaro Tada,
Bogdan Dumitru Enescu, Kai-Huang Cheng,
and Thomas Parkner
Publisher; Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee