Education India Project #22595

Help Children Access Hands -On Science Education

by Agastya International Foundation

Help Children Access Hands -On Science Education

Project Report | Sep 22, 2023
To Ensure Children Have Access To Science Learning

By Sameena Shaikh | Executive - Donor Relations

At the Science Center, hundreds of simple experiments and models are exhibited for school teachers and children in Science, Math, Ecology and Astronomy. They visit the center and are given the opportunity to interact with them. The centre acts as a resource centre, teacher training centre, and venue for special training activities like; project-based learning, discovery-based learning, integrated learning, Young Instructor Leader training, summer camps and science fairs. It is a space for children and teachers to perform experiments, and experience learning in a hands-on, interactive and positive environment.

Program Highlights:

In April and June, there were 76 school visits that resulted in 1,902 student exposures and 3 teacher exposures.
A community visit was conducted in Oragadam for 20 community children who were taught about Origami and the Effects of Heat in April.
A 13-day summer camp was held in May for the GHSS Ambattur students. The exercises involved origami, producing low-cost models, and creating scientific toys. The number of students exposed is 288 for boys and 655 for girls.
Between May 9 and May 20, there was a 12-day in-staff training for instructors of both SC and MIH. They received training in 3D printing, robotic arms, simple circuits, databots, maker education, simple circuits, and scamper.
Another summer camp spanning 8 days was organized in June for the students of GHSS Ambattur. The camp included engaging activities such as origami, leadership exercises, and indoor games. A total of 368 boys and 457 girls had the opportunity to participate and benefit from the camp.
Our instructors conducted 4 community visits in Oragadam, where they taught 184 children from the community about force and motion, as well as the law of motion.
We were delighted to welcome 20 volunteers from Societe Generale Global Solution (SGGS) to our science center. During their visit, they generously donated 15 laptops to GHSS Ambattur and interacted with 88 children, engaging them in the process of low-cost model-making.

Topics Covered:

Changes Around Us, Pressure, Information Processing, Polymers, Light, Heat, Body Movements, Chemistry in Everyday Life, Temperature, Pressure, Algebra, Numbers, Micro-organisms, Energy and Matter.

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