Author: Sundranandhan

Along with the interest of the teachers a Siddha practitioner was invited to Isaiambalam School, and shared his knowledge on the history and current status of how medicine is being utilized (Allopathic and its harmful effects without the knowledge of the people using them) He restated the benefits of which can be derived from natural source such as herbs and trees. The workshop was conducted through a day on the summer break. He had given natural remedies for the daily use of modern materials such as shampoo, tooth paste.

He provided the reasons for the body system on how it works and how organs are interrelated. The benefits of mucus production on how it brings out the unwanted content from the body through various methods.

One of the important thing he specified is that people now a days tend to take symptoms suppressant such as paracetamol, and neglect the real reason why the body is getting sick and whats the solution towards healing the body.

A stewardship workshop was arranged in the morning hours with all the teachers and volunteers at Isaiabalam School. The focus was on to find what one wants to accomplish on the up coming year and determine ones roles and accountabilities.

It was organized over three days, the table pc’s were members of STEMland. The workshop was delivered by Arun and me. This was my first experience delivering to teachers other than the interns and team members of STEMland. While delivering the tools, I was able to notice the reflections and connect with what the participants insights even though this was the hardest I had missed out on some and got assistance from Arun.

This workshop also gave me the opportunity to learn on what really happens in the organization as a whole. What were my assumptions and what was expected. I have found gaps which need to be filled for by myself.

The Udavi school children had their Open house before the summer break. They put together what they found interesting that they had built in the term.

The view consisted of electronic circuits that they had built.

The children built a table top lamp and connected a switch with a 9V battery in series. Decorated the exterior with foam and color .

 

 

 

 

 

Leds that connect states and their important capitals, that turn on when the connection is given with the use of a wire.

 

 

Buzzer that was connected to a battery with the use of switch.

 

 

 

 

An infinity cube that was constructed using 8th smaller cubes and taped together.

Link:

http://www.auraauro.com/school/building-an-infinity-cube-with-the-6th-graders/

 

 

Along with the 6th graders from Udavi school, the children wanted to build something to show to their parents. Initially a few weeks back we had build cubes from chart paper. Then I remembered once Ravi A who had come to Isaiambalam to show his work, had introduced some kirigami and one thing that really got me amazed was an infinity cube he had built. This idea struck me and we along with the children decided to convert their cubes to an infinity cube.

So began the taping cutting gluing job:

 

The 6th grade wanted to build name boards for their class. We started by learning how a multi-meter works in order to check for the connections in the bread board and to test the SSD’s

Now the batteries were low and the children started by opening the meters and replacing the batteries.

Once the multi-meter were functional, we started to hack and learn the connections in the bread board by testing for connectivity..Then children were given each and CA(common anode) SSD and asked to bias them to find out the corresponding light settings for each segment. With the available information they gathered they had begun to build the name boards.