Third-year students (2021 academic year) Reinforcement Phase Workshop

[Date and Time] Saturday, January 22, 2022, 14:00-17:00
[Format] Online
[Number of Participants] 41 (to be confirmed)

[Overview]
This episode's theme: "How is the Himawari satellite able to continuously observe Japan's weather 24 hours a day?"

13:30-14:00 Zoom registration

14:00-14:10 Opening remarks

by Itaru Kawagoe (Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science / Member, Next Generation Development Office)
Moderators: Moegi Saito (Project Assistant Professor, Research and Development Center for Higher Education and University-Wide University Collaboration, University of Tokyo)
and Hajime Shiramizu (Visiting Professor, Research and Development Center for Higher Education and University Collaboration, University of Tokyo)

14:10-14:15 Explanation of the "Knowledge Construction Jigsaw Method"

14:15-14:25 Explanation of collaborative editing on Zoom whiteboards

14:25-14:30 <Introduction>
Explanation of today's assignment

14:30-14:40 Explanation of the <pre-assignment>

"How is the Himawari satellite able to continuously observe Japan's weather 24 hours a day?"

14:40-14:50 <Expert Activity>
  Materials A: Satellite Orbits
  Materials B: Earth's
  Materials C: Law of Universal Gravitation

14:50-15:10 <Jigsaw Puzzle Activity 1>

15:10-15:35 <Crosstalk 1>

15:35-15:45 Break

15:45-16:00 <Jigsaw Activity 2>

16:00-16:20 <Crosstalk 2>

16:20-16:50　 
<Post-assignment>
"How is the Himawari satellite able to continuously observe Japan's weather 24 hours a day?"
<Advanced assignment>
"If Earth's gravity were to weaken, what would happen to the Himawari satellite's orbit?"

16:50-17:00 Closing remarks　
by Mari Oshima (Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo / Director, Next Generation Development Office)

Scenes from the jigsaw activity
For students who wished to progress from the first to the second stage, a "Reinforcement Stage Workshop" was held with the aim of strengthening their "knowledge overview ability" and "information analysis ability." First, the students were divided into three groups, each responsible for one of three materials (A, B, or C), and became experts in explaining the contents of each material. Next, these experts formed groups and explained their work to each other, considering the mechanism of the "Himawari satellite," which was the theme of this workshop