今天，我去参观了大阪市立自然史博物馆举办到今天为止的特别展“学艺员的工作——收集・研究・传达——”。
展览通过真实的标本与具体案例，清晰介绍了学艺员如何“收集、研究、传达”自然史资料。走着看着，观众也会不知不觉进入“调查模式”，非常有吸引力。
在会场内同时展出的“青少年自由研究・标本画廊”中，我校（大阪市立北稜中学校）科学部的研究也有展示。
主题是“酢浆草的微观调查——城市进化与叶色的相关性——”。
科学部同学在校内与樱之宫OAP圆形广场进行采集与观察，记录到酢浆草的叶色不仅有绿色，也出现红色、绿红相间等差异，并提出这些差异可能与生长环境有关。他们用照片与文字把研究过程整理得非常扎实、易懂，把“身边的植物”做成了真正的“研究”，令人赞叹，也让人感到骄傲。
今天就是展览最后一天，因此想到这里就要结束，实在有些遗憾。
不过，今天看到的内容与同学们认真探究的成果，一定会成为下一次研究的新起点。
科学部的各位，真的非常精彩！谢谢你们！
关键词：特别展／学艺员的工作／青少年自由研究・标本画廊／科学部／酢浆草／探究
English
Today, I visited the special exhibition at the Osaka Museum of Natural History, “Curators at Work — Collecting, Researching, Communicating,” which was open through today.
The exhibition clearly explains what curators do—how they collect, study, and share natural history materials—using real specimens and concrete examples. As you move through the displays, you naturally find yourself looking at things with a “researcher’s eye.”
In the “Junior Independent Research & Specimen Gallery” held alongside the exhibition, our students from the Science Club at Osaka Municipal Hokuryo Junior High School also presented their work.
Their project was titled: “Micro-investigation of Oxalis — The Relationship Between Urban Evolution and Leaf Color.”
They collected and observed Oxalis both on our school grounds and at the Sakuranomiya OAP circular plaza. Their findings showed that the leaves are not only green, but can also appear red or mixed green-and-red, and they suggested that these differences may be linked to environmental conditions. The way they documented and communicated the research—carefully and clearly, with photos—was excellent. It was truly inspiring to see a familiar plant turned into a rigorous piece of scientific inquiry, and it made me feel proud.
Since today was the final day, it’s a real shame that the exhibition has come to an end.
Still, what we saw today—and the students’ solid, thoughtful work—will surely become the starting point for their next step in research.
To everyone in the Science Club: outstanding work, and thank you!
Keywords: Special Exhibition / Curators at Work / Junior Research & Specimen Gallery / Science Club / Oxalis / Inquiry
