Teaching and Learning by doing- Science in our primary classroom.

Science is not science without practical - there is a reason why there is a section dedicated in each textbook on 'how science works' and how to carry out an experiment.Do you remember, back in your school days, on that first science lesson when you were shown some of the most spectacular chemistry demonstrations ever known? Is this not what inspired you to take chemistry beyond the classroom?

Thermocol models of city

Last year I became busy with my school work where we did  a lot of projects for arts anscience fair.

Building  models can be a fun way to meet course requirements or display a concept for a class project. This post  can help you create models  to fill out your diorama or model scene.

Future Farming- Aquaphonics - Growing plants along with fish!

  This project won first prize in the Science Fair Competition 2016.(VIGYAAN) - a megaevent  held by Vellammal Bodhi campus Chennai on 15th October. 
   This is a tabletop simple and cheap aquaponics system where we can grow greens along with fish  needed for a family of four. We have grown millets for our birds.

A model of a grotto

Last week we made a small table top grotto for our lady of Lourdes.
It came out very nicely. We used small pebbles and coconut shell as a base. We used resin adhesives to bind the stones.

How to choose a topic for your science fair projects?

Science projects Make excellent tools to learn science by doing!

Start your project with curiosity and a desire to learn something new.

• The first step in getting started on a science fair project is choosing a topic.

Enpower Women through Education

Know your Rights and Assert them

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Empowerment comes from an understanding of what women are capable of, their rights and how to assert them.

It means moving from enforced powerlessness to a position of power. 

Chennai Dream City Science fair Expo - 2016

Our kids participated in the chennai dream city competition on 24.8.2016

Eco-Green city - Smart,Clean and Safe 

The project was categorized under the following topics.

Teeth Model by liby

                                  

Liby did this model for her science project

                                      

Energy Transfer and Conservation

We made some working and non working models in Energy transfer and conservation topics

Wind Mill

Rain water Harvesting

Road view with Apartments

 One of my student did this model with thermocol. Simple and beautiful

How to paint your models using Acrylic paints

​Acrylic paints are often the first choice of modellers due to their easy clean up.
When choosing paint for your next miniature project consider these points before you reach for your paints.

Read to Lead

Is your child getting lost in the school system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? Maybe it’s time to take charge of your child’s education.

With thirty to fifty students per classroom, even the most dedicated teachers often can’t give each student the individual attention so urgently needed, and neither teachers nor parents can control the social environment of many schools.

Which Science texts should my students read?

With the Next Generation Science Standards reading comprehension in Science seems more important than ever, particularly as reading is the key to accessing knowledge and to employment.

But why do so many students struggle to read and comprehend scientific texts?