Inculcating self-learning
One of the fall outs of entrance exam centric system in India is the over-reliance on tutors, and almost elimination of belief in self-study. May…
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Augmented Schooling.
Launching of a new relationship!!
Being the new kid on the block has its upside and downside…there are no familiar faces, so making friends will take time, but then we…
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Unleashing the showman in you
If we at stable bow were to live by a motto this quote by Albert Einstein would aptly describe what we are trying to do,…
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Physics Club for Life
That’s what Vedant wrote when we asked him for feedback. “Physics Club for Life”. We collected feedback from the children because that’s what this is…
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Shooting the monkey and floating the watermelon
Today was probably super high on fun and learning quotient. The idea was to continue exploration of Newton’s laws and the concepts of weight /…
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Does Beckham defy Newton’s laws?
Many think David Backham is GOD on the football field. So can he defy laws of physics too? We talked earlier that Newton’s law states…
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Turn right to go left. Makes perfect sense
Doc Hudson: I’ll put it simple: if you’re going hard enough left, you’ll find yourself turning right. Lightning McQueen: Oh, right. That makes perfect…
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Teaching Pascal’s Principle to a 10 year old
We will use the same method of Explore, Experiment, Experience and Express to learn the Pascal’s principle. Assume there are four containers with water. They…
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Teaching Archimedes’ Principle to a 10 year old
We all know the story of Archimedes jumping out a bathtub naked shouting Eureka !! Not sure if the story is true (Did Archimedes coin…
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Movies as a teaching aid
Most children (and adults) love movies. Movies can make us laugh, cry, jump up and dream. Movies bring many elements including story telling, characters, emotions,…
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Power of AND
When we talk about improving the education system, we often encounter extreme positions. “Let’s get rid of exams” says one reformer, “Let’s not have sections”…
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They will know nothing about a bird
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about…
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Understanding Constructionism
Seymour Papert defined a concept he called Constructionism [1], [2] in his proposal [3] to the National Science Foundation. This concept can be a very…
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Learning thru real life problem solving 