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A session with Last School Children

On the 28th of July, the STEM Land team visited Last School for a session with them. The facilitating team Prabhaharan, Arun, and Illamkathir along with the last school children worked on RTL tools, seven segment displays, Cast puzzles, and the homopolar...

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Vaughn cube

Vaughn cube is for children who find visualization easier rather than memorizing the multiplication tables. Elements of Vaughn cube: Numbers. Pictures. Colours. Construction of Vaughn cube: 4 sides = 4 walls. Each wall has a specific color. Numbers are arranged as follows:...

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Boyle’s Law

Boyle’s law is a gas law that states that the pressure exerted by a gas (of a given mass, kept at a constant temperature) is inversely proportional to the volume occupied by it. In other words, the pressure and volume of a...

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ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION USING VISUAL MATHEMATICS

An arithmetic progression or arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant. For example, the series of natural numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… is an Arithmetic Progression, which has a common difference between...

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Rajju Ganit and how we are surprised to learn about ancient mathematics

Rajju ganit (string geometry, cord geometry) aims to teach practical geometry more understandably. The useful new things students would learn as part of string geometry or Rajju Ganit are Conceptual clarity. Measurement of angles Simplified geometry Measurement of the circle The theory...

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MAKEY MAKEY

Makey Makey is an invention kit by the MIT media lab. With Makey Makey, everyday objects are transformed into touchpads empowering students to interact with computers as creative tools. The computer becomes an extension of their creativity, fostering imaginative play and discovery....

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Area of the circle using the derivatives of the rectangle in GeoGebra.

Area of circle: The area of a circle is the region covered or enclosed within its boundary. It is measured in square units. The area covered by one complete cycle of the radius of the circle on a two-dimensional plane is the...

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Trigonometric Functions Graph of Sin𝛉 and Cos𝛉 using GeoGebra

Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the relationship between ratios of the sides of a right-angled triangle with its angles. Trigonometric Functions There are six basic trigonometric functions used in Trigonometry. These functions are trigonometric ratios. The six basic...

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Angle sum property of a triangle using GeoGebra

A triangle has three sides and three angles, one at each vertex. The angle sum property of a triangle states that the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to 180º. Whether a triangle is an acute, obtuse, or a...

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Real-Life Example of Trigonometry

A man is standing near a Hot air balloon. He looks up at the Hot air balloon and wonders “Height of the Hot air balloon?” The height of the Hot air balloon can be found without actually measuring it. What we have...

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