Abstract
"Super Science High School (SSH)"is a grant-aided program sponsored by Monbu-kagaku-sho. It has been awarded to 82 high schools performing pioneering educational programs for natural science. In 2004 my laboratory at NAIST cooperated with Nishiyamato-gakuen high school, an SSH awardee in Nara prefecture, in educating both scientific aspects and social status of genetically modified (GM) crops. This program consisted of two parts; (1) lectures and experiments at NAIST to learn what are genes and how genetic information is transmitted to traits, and (2) students' self-learning about the current status of GM foods in the world, including debate-style presentations to judge if it is relevant to incorporate GM crops to our dairy foods. I would like to present how this program was organized and what I felt were important in educating young generation about totally new technology with complicated social backgrounds.
