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| KHAG L | No. 119 - JULY 2019 | 12 Science Toys Workshops, at Ghodegaon, and at Vidnyan Ashram, Kothrud AScience ToysWorkshop for school students was held onMay 6, 2019, at the New English School, Ghodegaon. Around 150 students enjoyed learning basics of science with simple toys and experiments. Rupesh Labade coordinated and conducted theworkshop. Lecture onCelestial Sphere andSkyMapReading, atMuktanganExploratory As part of the summer camps organised by Muktangan Exploratoty, Pune, a lecture on Celestial Sphere and Sky Map Reading was delivered onMay 21, 2019, by Samir Dhurde.About 50 school students attended and enjoyed the session. Sally Ride Earth KAM, at New English School, Tilak Road, Pune Following the enthusiastic response from school students last year, the IUCAA SciPOP team participated in the Sally Ride Earth KAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students), run byNASAthis year too, duringMay 10 - 12, 2019. The programme invited students and teachers around the world to explore the earth from the perspective of the International Space Station (ISS). The camera onboard the ISS has a dedicated time slot for capturing the pictures of geographical locations requested by the participants. Thirty students from the New English School, Tilak Road, Pune, took part in the programme, and successfully received the images of different parts of the globe with various geological features. The programmewas coordinated by ShivomGupta. On May 21, 2019, a similar workshop, a session on telescopes and hands-on astronomy was organised at Vidnyan Ashram, Kothrud, Pune. This was conducted by Rupesh Labade and Tushar Purohit.