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 […]

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 […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, a Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. The Classic Spring Dandelion is Full of Secrets! Exploring the Mystery of the Flower Head (Capitulum) with Cross-Sections and a Microscope Seeing the adorable yellow dandelions in fields or by the roadside always warms our hearts and truly makes us feel the arrival of […]