Last week, Yukiko mentioned in her blog (on January 7th) that "Sustainable Development Goals" will be the topic of this year's presentations for junior high school students at Starry. Today, I will introduce the Grade 8 students whose regular Starry classes are on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. By the way, "Grade 8" means that they are in their second year of junior high school. So first, let's meet the three boys who usually come on Tuesday evenings. They are working together as one team:
Their names are Naru, Norihiro, and Hinata. This year they will talk about the #13 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which is "Life Below Water". They're researching about fish and other sea animals now. Next, let's meet the girls' team from the same class:
They are working together to research SDG #1, which is "No Poverty". Their names are Nobara, Haruna, and Rinko. They're doing research now on how to help poor people. The Wednesday Grade 8 students are also in two groups. Here is one pair:
They are Yuna and Rennosuke. Their topic is SDG #16, which is "Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions". So their research is about how to stop wars and other violence (暴力), plus how we can make a safe world that is fair for everyone. Lastly, let's meet the other Wednesday pair:
This is Chie and Remiri. They will focus on SDG #7, which is "Affordable and Clean Energy". Their presentation will be based on research about energy sources which are not expensive and hopefully don't create much pollution (汚染). Good luck, everyone! We are looking forward to hearing your wonderful ideas this March. Next week, I will try to introduce some more of the junior high school groups.
- Peter 
