[Before recruitment start] Summer Vacation Children's Environmental Science Class 2024 (held on August 16, 2024)

Yokohama Institute of Environmental Science will hold a "Summer Vacation Children's Environmental Science Class" for 4th to 6th graders and their parents on Friday, August 16, 2024. You can learn about the environment through participation in workshops, analytical instruments that you can't usually see, and exhibits of real creatures in Yokohama. Let's have fun learning about the environment and become an environmental doctor! Please apply for it!

Friday, August 16, 2024
Morning part: From 9:15 to 11:30
Afternoon session: From 13:30 to 15:45

• Target: Grade 4th to 6th grade and their parents (18 years old or older)
• Capacity (planned): About 100 people in each section 50 groups

Free of charge

Application start: 10:00 on Thursday, July 11, 2024
Application deadline: Tuesday, August 13, 2024

When application start date is reached, link to Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system is displayed.
Please apply from there.

At the time of application, you will need to select one workshop or exhibition tour course you want to participate in.

• Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Each course will be closed as soon as the capacity is reached.
• If there is a cancellation, you will be able to select it from time to time. We do not respond to waiting for cancellations, so please check by yourself.
• One or more guardian (18 years old or older) must be accompanied.
• Parents and children can participate in up to 3 people per group. (The course is the same.)

We will hold workshops and experience corners such as facility tours.

There are about 100 species of ants in Kanagawa Prefecture. Know the ecology and how to distinguish it!
(There is a facility tour time available.)
[First 30 pairs (15 in the morning: 15 groups in the afternoon)]

Let's do a paper cromat experiment that separates the color of a water-based pen with paper and water!
(There is a facility tour time available.)
[First 12 sets (6 in the morning: 6 in the afternoon)]

"Niboshi" is used as a soup stock for cooking, and delicious to eat as it is. Let's have fun learning about the body of fish!
(There is a facility tour time available.)
[First 30 pairs (15 in the morning: 15 groups in the afternoon)]

You can also experience mini experiments and crafts performed at each booth while observing the analytical instruments that you can not usually see and real exhibits of Yokohama creatures.
[First 30 pairs (15 in the morning: 15 groups in the afternoon)]

• Writing utensils
• Indoor shoes
• Bag to put shoes
• Drinks (closed lids)
• Hand towel
• Bags to bring back the work

※Please come in clothes that can be dirty.

Yokohama Institute of Environmental Science (5th floor, Shibusawa ABC Building No.1, Ebisu-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi)

JR Keihin Tohoku Line/Negishi Line: A 15-minute walk from Shinkoyasu Station
Keihinkyuko Line: A 15-minute walk from Keikyu Shinkoyasu Station
Municipal bus 19 system: Take the "Shinkoyasu Station" and get off at Ebisucho 3 minutes walk.

(Caution) There is no parking lot for the general public or bicycle parking lots, so please use public transportation when you come to our institute.

1. Wearing a mask is at your own discretion.
2. Please take measures against the heat, such as parasols, hats, and salt replenishment.
3. On the day, the staff of the institute may take photos and publish them in public relations magazines.