Help Children Access Hands -On Science Education

The Lab-on-a-Bike(LoB) program is a variation of the Lab-in-a-Box (LIB) program where an Agastya instructor uses the LIB to conduct hands-on science classes in the schools. The instructor travels to different schools each day along with the LIB box which fits onto his bike. On completion of all the predefined schools, he starts his next cycle with the second box and so on.

• Reaches out to 10 schools per rotation
• Generate upto 10,000 exposures
• Covers around 1000+ Unique Children per year.

 Program Highlights:

• 56 face-to-face science sessions were conducted for school children which led to 3,925 student exposures and 143 teacher exposures.
• SSA Upgraded HS Hiremanakatti in Shiggaon hosted a 2-day TTP for 61 teachers.
• In January in Ron, K P S Musigeri School held a LIB training for students of grades 8 and 9. At Govt MCS Hirehal, six students from different schools even participated in the KBVP Science Quiz.
• 47 community visits were conducted at Tallihal, Krishnapura, Madalageri, Kothabal, Basalapur, Abbigeri, Kurahatti, Hunagundi, Jigalur, Savadi, Mugali, Mudenagudi, Mannur, Bachalapur, Jakkali, Hosalli, Mugali, Ganjikatti, Jakanakatti, Kamanahalli, Bannikoppa, Hanumarahalli, Bannur, Shivapura, Niralakatti, Hiremanakatti and Chandapur in both the villages of Ronand Shiggaon. 997 community children and 570 community members were sensitized on different important topics.

Topics covered: Astronomy, Brain, Light and Mirror, Circulatory System,  Air,  FamilyTaxonomy,  Water, Pressure, Animal Tissues, Respiration, Body Movements, Magnetism, Acids, Bases and Salts, Electricity, Separation of Substances, Light and Shadow, Human Anatomy, Measurements, Motion of Earth and Electromagnetism. 

Feedback: 

The concept of light was taught in today's class by doing hands-on activities using different models like Deep well, Optickit, and One-object Eleven images. Agastya's teacher was so keen on making us experience each activity practically. I learned and the idea become very easy for me. ~ Student

'Agastya visited our school and provided the essential resources while teaching our pupils in group exercises. There was a lot of student involvement. A practical grasp of the topics is more helpful than a theoretical understanding. We are grateful to them greatly.' ~ Science Teacher

'Today, teachers from Agastya visited our community. They educated the members and children of our community about the human torso models, one object eleven images, and the deep well. They seemed to  be so confident and clear with the information they gave us, and it was really interesting.' ~ Community member

Links:

• http://www.agastya.org
• http://www.facebook.com/Agastya.Foundation