「もう一つの甲子園」が開幕（Opening of "Koshien" Another）

センバツに沸く兵庫県で２４日、「もう一つの甲子園」が開幕する。理科好きの高校生が実力を競い合う「科学の甲子園全国大会」（科学技術振興機構主催）。都道府県予選を勝ち抜いた４９校の選手３６５人が参加する。野球とのダブル出場や被災地からのチャレンジもあり、熱いドラマが見られるか。
　「科学の甲子園」はチーム（６～８人）で戦う。地味な印象のある科学部などの生徒らにも活躍の場をと、文部科学省の旗振りで実現した。会場の西宮市の県立総合体育館は、阪神甲子園球場から３キロの近さだ。
　日程は２日間。理科や数学の問題を解く「筆記競技」▽実験技術や考察力を競う「実験競技」▽簡単な材料から電動ミニカーを作るなど課題への創意工夫や技術力、プレゼン力を競う「総合競技」の３種目（計１０８０点満点）だ。優勝校は全米規模の科学コンテストへの出場権を得る。　唯一の女子チーム、前橋女子（群馬代表）は選手を公募し、８人が志願。県予選ではほぼ男子生徒ばかりの４校を破った。地学部員の松本さん（１年）は国際宇宙ステーション（ＩＳＳ）を地上から撮影し、飛行高度を計算したりしている。「解き方をひらめいた時がうれしい」と数学も好き。全国大会出場を「部活でも経験がないから緊張してます」とはにかむ。
　センバツとの「ダブル出場」を唯一かなえた宮崎西（宮崎）は、男子ばかり６人のチーム。全員が理数科で付属中時代からの仲良しとあって、チーム力が自慢だ。代表の２年、宝蔵さんは新聞委員長として野球部の活躍ぶりを記事にした。「野球部は安定した守備を誇るけど、こちらもミスを最小限にして上位を目指します」
　東日本大震災の被災地からは盛岡第一（岩手）、仙台第一（宮城）など４校が出場。校舎が被災し、すきま風が吹き込むプレハブ校舎で学ぶ福島（福島）のチーム代表、田中さん（２年）は「高校生も復興を目指して頑張っていることを伝えたい」。
　小惑星イトカワの微粒子を地球へ持ち帰った探査機「はやぶさ」の映画を製作した堤監督は「はやぶさでは、自由にアイデアを出す体制を作ったからこそ、危機を克服するアイデアが生まれた。集団で問題に取り組むことが大事で、高校生たちがいかにアイデアを出し合い、速いミニカーを作るかにも興味があります」と注目している。次世代の研究者が、ここを通過して多く輩出されていくといいですね。知を結集して栄光を勝ち取るのはどこの高校になるのか注目ですね。 

24, is opening "Koshien" Another boils down to selection in Hyogo Prefecture. High school students love science "Koshien national convention of science." Compete (sponsored by Science and Technology Agency) the ability. 49 365 people who earn invitations through qualifying school player of the prefecture to participate. There is also a challenge from the disaster area and double play with the baseball, hot or drama can be seen.
"Koshien" Science in the fight (6 to 8 people) team. And the playing field was achieved in the flag of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and pretend to students of science, such as part of a modest impression. Prefectural Gymnasium in Nishinomiya of the venue, but the proximity of the three kilometers from Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
Schedule two days. "Competition" Comprehensive compete with the ingenuity and skills to the challenges, the power to create a presentation, such as electric minicar from material "competition experiment" compete with a simple ▽ "writing competition" to solve the experimental techniques and considerations force ▽ science and math problems 3 of that event (out of 1,080 total). The winning school to earn a place in the nationwide science contest. (Representative Gunma) is offering the players, the only women's team eight applicants, Maebashi women. Prefecture in qualifying broke the school just four boys almost. (1 year) is taken from the earth (ISS), has been to calculate the flight altitude and the International Space Station Matsumoto of geoscience staff. I also like math "and was glad when flashed how to solve". Shy and "You're nervous because there is no experience in the club," the national tournament.
Miyazaki was only granted west of selection and the "double play" (Miyazaki), a team of just six men. Meet with friends comes from the era of science and mathematics in everyone, it boasts a team strength. Two years of a representative, I treasure house is the first time he wrote about the baseball team as chairman of the newspaper. "The baseball team boasts a defense but stable, we aim to the top to minimize the mistakes here."
From earthquake affected areas of the East has played four schools (Iwate), etc. Sendaidaiichi (Miyagi) Morioka first. "I want to tell that the best high school students aims to reconstruction" (2 years) is a representative team of Fukushima (Fukushima), Tanaka learn in school prefab school building is affected, draft is blowing.
Director Tsutsumi was produced films probe "Hayabusa" brought back to Earth the particles of Itokawa is a falcon "is a problem in the population. Only made from system put an idea out freely, ideas to overcome the crisis was born are keen that the work is important, high school students have an idea how Dashiai, and "There is also interested in how to make fast minicar. I hope that the next generation of researchers, and produced many are going to pass through here. I win the glory it is to mobilize knowledge is what will the high school where attention.