Aomori Entrance Science

It is a written paper in Japanese mixing multiple choice, short written answers, and questions requiring a calculation or a written explanation. Expect passages describing experiments and observations, with tables and graphs to interpret. You are assessed on reasoning and on how clearly you express a conclusion, not only on recalling terms.

The question count and time limit are decided for each year's examination, so they are not fixed figures you should memorise. The Aomori Prefectural Board of Education publishes the current details, including the timetable, in its official entrance examination information. Check that site before you plan your exam-day pacing.

The content stays within the junior high school curriculum, but the questions reward careful reading and explanation rather than recall alone. Many candidates lose marks on written explanations and on graph interpretation rather than on unfamiliar science. If you can explain why a result occurred, you are already ahead of much of the field.

Retake and reapplication rules are set by the prefectural authorities and can change between years, and there are separate selection rounds for some applicants. Because this is administrative rather than scientific, confirm your own situation with your school and the official Aomori Prefectural Board of Education information.

Start with the two heaviest domains, chemistry and biology, then earth and space, and keep force and motion running in parallel because it needs steady practice with graphs and calculations. Leave scientific inquiry and data analysis until last, but do not skip them: those skills are tested inside questions from every domain.

Important but not dominant. You will meet simple numerical work such as density, concentration, current and voltage, speed, and levers. Practise setting out the formula, substituting units, and writing the answer with correct units. A clean calculation earns marks even when the final number is slightly off.

Answering a 'why' question with a description of what happened; ignoring the conditions stated in the question; misreading a graph axis or a unit; and writing explanations that name a term without connecting it to the result. Read the question twice, underline the condition, and check that your explanation includes a cause and a consequence.

Treat them as diagnosis, not as a score. Do a paper under time, mark it yourself against the official answer, and write down why each lost mark happened: forgotten content, misread question, or weak explanation. Then revise that specific weakness before attempting the next paper. Two well-analysed papers beat five rushed ones.

The Aomori Prefectural Board of Education website publishes the entrance examination guidelines, application procedures, and schedule. Your junior high school also distributes the official documents. Use those sources for anything administrative, and use your textbooks and classroom notes for the science content itself.