Sets game
A few girls from 10th grade had build a physical game with a chart representing 3 venn diagrams (governed by 3 randomly selected rules by one team) and a set of 27 games pieces (3 shapes, 3 sizes and 3 colors). The other...
Read out allHow to find a value of Capacitor
A capacitor is a two terminal passive element which stores energy. There are two types of capacitor. 1. Ceramic Capacitor: – These are small,non-polarised in yellow or orangish in color. How to identify these capacitor values: The value is printed in three-digit...
Read out allSTEM Land April-June 2018
STEM Land Newsletter Volume-1, Oct-Dec 2017 About STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) land STEM land resource centres are located in Udavi School and Isai Ambalam School, two outreach schools of Auroville. Children come to STEM Land for Math, EVS and science classes.They learn...
Read out allPeer learning in 8th Grade
Anisha,Janani,Sivasakthi,Sindhu and Larasem were working on geometry in finding the angels for triangle with the other angles given directly or indirectly. They had some confusions and started to discuss among themselves by working out in each others notebook. Later, each took turn...
Read out allFixing the 3D printer in STEMLand
The 3D printer in Stemland was not printing the model at the centre of the plate. It started to print the models at the corner of the plate. When I looked, I found that the trigger switch that was to locate the...
Read out allProject Presentation by 8th Graders
This week Larasem and Sindhu from 8th Grade in Udavi school presented their project on Geometry to the 8th and 9th graders. It was a simple Scratch program where they showed a triangle and calculated the third angle of the triangle by...
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~ Saranya In STEM land children have their freedom to choose their goals for a week and they will work on it. End of the week children will share their projects to everyone. From this presentation I am able to see peer...
Read out allFinding the Pattern using shapes and colours
3rd grade children from Isai ambalam school are studying about patterns. They were given an activity to make some design out of different shapes and colors. They split into teams and started to create their own designs. Later they all went through...
Read out allAddition of one digit numbers
1st grade children are studying about numbers 0-10 and addition of one digits number. They taught to use Cuisenaire rod for learning numbers (because children like color very much and they learned number easily using it). Then they are asked to find...
Read out allPracticing Breakdown to Breakthrough
As a team we practiced the Breakdown to Breakthrough exercise. First day we did the session with the Tamrai Team. We did the exercise together and shared our insights in a pair and as a group. On the second day, we continued...
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