Miyagi Entrance Science case studies

The Miyagi Prefecture High School Entrance Examination in Science (宮城県公立高等学校入学者選抜 理科) is the science component of the academic achievement test used by Miyagi Prefectural public high schools to select entering students. It is taken by students completing compulsory lower secondary education, including current third-year students and eligible previous graduates, who intend to enter a prefectural public high school. Results are combined with other subjects, school records and, where applicable, interviews or practical assessments, so the science paper is one input rather than a stand-alone pass/fail certificate. The paper draws on the full lower secondary science curriculum across four strands: physical phenomena (light, sound, force and motion, energy and work, electricity and magnetism); chemical phenomena (substances and changes, reactions, atoms, molecules and ions, acids, bases and salts, oxidation and reduction); biological phenomena (organisms and environments, energy flow, inheritance and evolution, cells and reproduction); and earth and space (the earth and its surroundings, geological change, the solar system and stars, weather and climate). Topics on this exam: Physical phenomena: light, sound, force and motion, energy and work, electricity and magnetism, Chemical phenomena: substances and their changes, chemical reactions, atoms/molecules/ions, acids, bases and salts, oxidation and reduction, Biological phenomena: living things and their environments, organisms and energy, inheritance and evolution, cells and reproduction, and Earth and space: earth and its surroundings, changes in the earth, the solar system and stars, weather and climate. The Miyagi Entrance Science case studies are 5 cases and about 79 words.