I’m Ken Kuwako, a Science Trainer. Every Day is an Experiment. When teaching about the backbones of vertebrates in a science class, one of the best ways for students to deepen their understanding by observing a real skeleton is to conduct “Dried Sardine Dissection.” By using easily accessible dried sardines (niboshi) and having students perform […]

Ken Kuwako, Science Trainer. Every Day is an Experiment. “Da-da-da-da-da!” Hearing this sound, many of you might recall the “recording timer” used in your middle school science lab. The experiment where dots are marked on a strip of paper tape. While that experiment is excellent for recording motion, what if the change in speed of […]

Hi, I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. 【This article is also available as a radio broadcast!】 Ready to unlock the door to science with a “Zoo in the Palm of Your Hand”? When you hear “biological classification” in class, it might sound like a tough subject, maybe just a matter […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. [This article is also available as a podcast!] Have you ever felt that frustration when teaching the unit on light, where the textbook definitions for the “Law of Reflection” and “Diffuse Reflection” just don’t resonate with your students? You explain, “Light bounces off like […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. Imagine a toy car jumping! Wouldn’t it be exciting if you could capture a beautiful trajectory of motion, straight out of a physics textbook, just by filming its flight with your smartphone? Today, I’m introducing a remarkably simple experiment using a common pullback car […]