I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment! Hello everyone! Have you ever been walking in nature and spotted a mysterious, coiled-up sprout emerging from the ground? That plant, which looks just like a fiddlehead (or “zenmai” in Japanese), is actually a fern, a type of plant that has been on Earth […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment! Hello everyone! Do you enjoy reading? Specifically, don’t you find it exciting when a science fiction novel takes you to an inexplicable world where our everyday logic and physical laws simply don’t apply? From my reading list this year, I’d like to introduce a […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. That painful “ZAP!” when you take off your sweater in the winter. Or, the childhood memory of rubbing a plastic sheet on your hair and watching it float in a soft “WHOOSH.” Everyone has experienced that mysterious phenomenon: Static Electricity. Today, I’m going to […]

사이언스 트레이너 쿠와코 켄입니다. 매일이 실험이죠! **’정전기’**라고 하면, 겨울에 ‘앗!’하고 따끔하게 느껴지는 그 짜릿한 경험이 제일 먼저 떠오르지 않으시나요? 사실 이 정전기는 과학계에서 놀라울 정도로 강력하고, 엔터테인먼트적인 요소까지 갖춘 흥미진진한 현상입니다! 특히 수업이나 자유 연구에서 학생들의 **”왜!?”**라는 호기심을 폭발시키려면, 시각적으로 강렬한 임팩트를 주는 실험이 필수죠. 저는 최근 아주 특별한 아이템을 손에 넣었습니다. 이름하여 ‘대전(帶電) 건(Gun)’! […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment! Measuring the Capacitance of a Homemade #LeydenJar from a Plastic Cup“ZAP!” You know that sharp sting that jolts your finger when you touch a doorknob on a dry winter day? That’s static electricity. What if we could trap that fleeting “ZAP!” in a jar […]