Hello Woods Program
Elementary School Member
"Aquatic Creature Kids Researcher"

Research on seasonal themes with free ideas.
Instead of being taught everything, the kid researchers will come up with their own ideas and make efforts with free thinking that does not fit into a mold,
and conduct research on creating a water environment and studying the living creatures that live there while experiencing the real nature.

Discover the truth about animals that you can't find on TV or in books!

Let's study aquatic creatures while creating a water environment where they can live and raising them in the Animal Research Laboratory.

"Aquatic Creature Kids Researcher"
Recruitment Overview

Research Activities

About Seasonal Themes
Research with Free Ideas

Rather than being told everything, our kid researchers will think for themselves, come up with ideas, and study living creatures that live by the water with a free and unrestricted mindset,
while experiencing the real nature.

Activities
(varies depending on business hours and activity content)

10：00	Reception Start Gathering Orientation Aquatic Animal Survey
10：30	Lunch (bring your own bento) Aquatic animal research lab management and environmental maintenance Lecture and reflection
15：30	End * If you wish to take home or keep any captured creatures, time will be set aside after the event to review care methods together with the guardians.

Aquatic Biology Laboratory
Director Eiji Okuyama (Ph.D.)

[Instructor]
Eiji Okuyama (Okuyama Eiji)
Introduces living creatures and outdoor play in various magazines, TV programs, and events across the country.
At Shogakukan's BE-PAL, he serialized the small fish fishing news for 15 years. Since 2015, he has been teaching about the current nature as a guest speaker at Rikkyo University.

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Shogakukan: Make and Play! Craft KIDS
PHP Publishing: Whole River Play
Holp Publishing: Let's Take a Detour / Let's Play on the Rocky Shore! / Winter Insect Catching?!
Deco Publishing: Playing with Insects for 12 Months, etc.

Together with the Kids Researchers
Creating an Aquatic Biology Laboratory

Information and survey results obtained in each study, as well as collected organisms, are displayed and disseminated at the Aquatic Animal Research Laboratory. The Kid Researchers and scientists work together to create the laboratory.

Aquatic Organism Research Activities
Participant-Exclusive Program
Introduction of "Foster Parent System"

The foster parent system is a program that allows you to temporarily take home, raise, and study the living creatures conserved at the Hello Woods Aquatic Animal Research Laboratory. Through raising them, you can foster new discoveries and curiosity.
*The animals you raise must be returned to Hello Woods in the end.

Planned organisms:
Giant water bug (nymph to adult), rhinoceros beetle (adult to egg-laying, larva)

Full support for studying at home

You can take home and raise the animals you find during the program. Let's research what interests you from various perspectives, such as the ecology and distribution of the animals. The experts and staff will support you with simple questions about how to raise them and how to conduct your research.

*Depending on the type of living creatures, some may not be taken home or kept.