SSH - Super Science High School

SSH(Super Science High School)Project

Our school has been designated as a Super Science High School (SSH).  We started a third five-year term of this designation in the 2022 school year.  The objective of the third term is to develop human resources in science and technology who can co-create a sustainable society.  Specifically, we foster students’ understanding of the following three key things: (1) where the learner is going, (2) where the learner is now, (3) how can the learner get there.  The science and mathematics Course aims to nurture human resources who contribute to the invention and discovery of science and technology, while the general course aims to nurture human resources who contribute to the practical use of science and technology in society.  To achieve this goal, we carry out our own style of STEAM Education, "Daisan STEAM education," centering on inquiry-based learning while utilizing "Shoshigaoka Field," the environment surrounding our school.

 

Our SSH projects include the following:

・Sanko Inquiry Activity Day, Innovation Festa ― presentation of inquiry and research activities

・Cross-curricular lessons such as data science and STEAM life science

・Collaboration with the local community, including neighboring elementary and junior high schools

・Collaboration with universities or companies

・International exchange activities with schools in Taiwan and Malaysia

・Lectures by guest speakers on advanced scientific topics

・Fieldwork in Shirakami ― a mountainous area that is one of the World Natural Heritage Sites

・Fieldwork in Minamisanriku ― an area of the rias coast that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

・Study tour in Tsukuba, ― Japan’s science city famous for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

・Participating in academic conferences or other events

 

Inquiry-based learning based on SDGs

Sendai Daisan High School will nurture students who can connect with the community and think about the future through our inquiry-based learning system.

At the beginning of this system, students learn concepts and skills necessary for inquiry-based learning.  At the same time, students participate in various programs such as SDGs lectures or Model United Nations experiences to have an international point of view and develop the ability to identify issues close to them from this perspective.  Then, students are divided into groups and each group sets a global or local theme linked to the SDGs and conducts learning activities. In these activities, students collaborate with companies or universities from neighboring areas and high school students from other regions.  Through interaction with people outside the school, students will gain new perspectives and values that will lead to the discovery and solution of problems, thereby further deepening their learning. At the end of this system, students make up posters and slides and write papers on their findings to present their studies inside and outside the school.

Our inquiry-based learning system enables our students to consider social issues as their own problems and acquire the ability to work toward solving them for a better future.