Category: Schools

It was the second class in STEMland at Isaiambalam with the 4^th graders. I asked the children to display what they learnt in STEMland. Some children wanted to play strategic games with the visitors. Some of them wanted to light up LEDs.

Then I taught them few concepts that they should have known before building real circuits. I showed them how to light up two LEDs in series. Then children built circuits on their own.

I gave them a simple task to light up 4 LEDs using a 9V battery. Gurumoorthy figured out a way to light 4 of them. He put two LEDs in parallel and connected them in series. For a 4^th grader to figure out these was something special.

• 3^rd and 4^th Graders of Isaiambalam together explored Heavy and light objects.
• First students told some objects and categorized them into light and heavy objects.
• Then in a class we discussed about the importance and use of measuring things.
• Students got the concept of grams and Kilograms.
• Then they used balance scale to measure the weight of the objects.

 

 

The 5th and 6th grade children were formed into 2 groups of of 4(2 boys and 2 girls in each) and a group of 3(2 boys and a girl). Each group measured something different

1. Area of STEMland                       – 170200  cm²
2. Area of a Window                      – 10000 cm²
3. Perimeter of a hexagon table  – 408 cm

Some groups had difficulty and were confused with the standards on the tapes. ie, inches, cm, metre and feet. They managed to measure everything in cms at the end with the help of each other. I thought they they got some idea on how to measure. Naveen and I were able to notice that they have difficulty in converting cm to m.

Naveen and Bala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• We had the inauguration of STEM Land at Isai-Ambalam School on the 1^st of March at 10:30 a.m.
• We had friends and our community members and the 9^th Graders from Udavi School who came to visit and participate at the inauguration.
• Then, we all delivered speech on what we want to see and our experience with STEM Land.

After the children demonstrated and interacted with the visitors by

• Playing strategic games and puzzles.
• Explaining and demonstrating Montessori materials by the young children.
• Explaining and demonstrating their electronic and science projects.

List of projects / area which the children had demonstrated for the inauguration.

• Ayush -(Aravind Gupta Toys) was able to explain and demonstrate that “Moving magnet produces electricity” and “Cast Puzzle”.
• Ganapathy,Vasanth Kumar and Sabari were able to build a “Buzzer Game” by themselves and played it with the visitors.

• Abarna was able to use Geo Board and demonstrate the area of rectangle and square.

• Suresh was able to show conducting and non-conducting materials using an electronic project and he was able to build a “Bubble Blower” by himslef.
• Gowtham and Yuvasri were able to build a circuit which lights up an LED using a switch in the breadboard.
• Keerthana,Swetha,Kishore and Bala played Dobble,Pylos,Abalone and Othello with the visitors and 9^th.
• The 4^th Grade children did a “Welcome board decorated with LEDs”.
• Prabha was able to demonstrate his project – he had built a “Robot” and was able to communicate with it using blue-tooth from a mobile phone and rotate its motors.
• The 7^th Grade demonstrated – Equations using Deines block(Montessori material).
• The 9th Graders from Udavi School also demonstrated and explained how to play Kabaleo , Othello and Rubiks Cube.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Speech:

• Its a new experience for us to work with the young children(i.e 4th – 7th Grade).
• We use Montessori materials to learn math and we also do hands on work(Aravind Gupta Science Toys) to learn some of the  concepts in science class.
• The children have the courage to create their own science and electronics projects .
• They are also creative and interested in doing hands on work.
• The children here are responsible for their learning and as well as for the materials in STEM Land.