On July 30, 2023, the “Cosmic Ray Measurement Experience 2023” was held at the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute (KMI), Nagoya University, in Aichi. The event was organized as a public program timed to coincide with the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023), which was being held at Nagoya University.
Co-hosted by KMI and Kasoku Kitchen, the event was open to junior high, high school, and technical college students, who built their own Cosmic Watch and used it to measure cosmic rays.
On November 6, 2022, Kasoku Kitchen hosted “Measure Cosmic Rays with a Cosmic Ray Detector!” at the Osaka Science Museum in Osaka. Open to participants from 5th grade through high school, it was a hands-on program where participants built their own Cosmic Watch and used it to observe cosmic rays.
From the OSECHI project, Associate Professor Kazuki Ueno (Osaka University) and Masaki Miyataki took part as staff, helping participants with their builds and introducing the OSECHI project.
On December 19, 2020, we held the cosmic ray exploration event “Tan-Q — Exploring the Mystery of the Universe Through Cosmic Rays” at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo, as a community outreach program of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). The event let junior high and high school students, teachers, and members of the public experience hands-on science using a small cosmic ray detector.
On January 13, 2020, we held the cosmic ray exploration workshop “Tan-Q” at Hiroo Gakuen Junior and Senior High School in Tokyo, together with junior high and high school students from across the country, doing a hands-on cosmic ray measurement exercise using cosmic ray detectors.
Participants split into four teams and measured how the rate of cosmic rays reaching a detector changed between the upper floors of a building and ground level.
On October 5, 2019, we held the cosmic ray observation event “Invisible Cosmic Rays See Everything! — Experience Cutting-Edge Particle and Astrophysics —” at S-BIRD, a hub for industrial promotion and talent development in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. The event was open to junior high, high school, and technical college students nationwide, and included an activity presentation by students from Hiroo Gakuen High School.
The event was held in two parts.
