SridharTuraga

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Teaching Pascal’s Principle to a 10 year old

Physics by SridharTuragaOctober 31, 2017November 4, 2017

Teaching Archimedes’ Principle to a 10 year old

Physics by SridharTuragaOctober 29, 2017November 1, 2017

Purva Fairmont – Session 1

Purvafairmont Oct 2017 by SridharTuragaOctober 28, 2017October 29, 2017

Purvafairmont Oct 2017 by SridharTuragaOctober 21, 2017November 26, 2017

Purva Fairmont – Intro session

We had a very interactive intro session. Pleasantly surprised to see 15 + people including kids who attended the session. We started with an interesting experiment using ice blocks and the Archimedes principle. All kids talked about one thing they would change about school. Parents talked about what they would do if they went back […]

Purvafairmont Oct 2017 by SridharTuragaSeptember 18, 2017November 12, 2017

Program in Purvafairmont, Oct 2017

Intro session Week Activities Week 1 Introduction and logistics Growth mindset vs talent mindset – a discussion Discussion on Pascal’s paradox Demonstration of Pascal’s exploding barrel Discussion on the final project Week 2 Deliberate practice – a discussion Discussion of the video synthesis assignment I Project design review – I Week 3 Focussed mode vs […]

Learning Methods by SridharTuragaSeptember 2, 2017September 2, 2017

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, visualiztion, sound and others together. Movies are a subjective expression of the writers, actors, camera-persons, technicians and directors. Often, there are layers in the expression of each of these players. […]

Learning Methods by SridharTuragaAugust 30, 2017August 30, 2017

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” says the other. While these ideas work in pockets, they can’t be scaled. Also, they miss some of the intrinsic strengths in the current education system. Indian education system lays […]

Learning Methods by SridharTuragaAugust 13, 2017August 27, 2017

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 the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts” – Richard Feynman How true. Watch the text books children are given and […]

Learning Methods by SridharTuragaAugust 9, 2017August 9, 2017

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 powerful learning model to rethink how kids learn. The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of […]