Khagol issue_116

Teachers'Workshop onScience Toys andBasicAstronomy Aworkshop for science teachers of government Marathi medium schools was held on July 21, 2018, at Muktangan Vidnyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA. There were 35 participants from different schools. In the first half of the day, all the teachers were given material kits to make a few toys. The selected toys were related to the existing science curricula of 8th 9th and 10th classes, and these toys would be helpful for the teachers in the classroom teaching. The second half of the workshop was dedicated to astronomy topics in science and geography curricula. In this session, alongwith gravity and seasons, the newly introduced topics like life-cycle of stars were elaborated to help in teaching astronomy at the school level in simplemanner. Theworkshopwas coordinated by Sonal Thorve andMaharudraMate (both fromIUCAA). Public Outreach Activities Workshop onTeaching SciencewithToys AWorkshop on Teaching Science with Toys for school teachers from Karve Shikshan Sanstha, Pune, was held on August 25, 2018, at MVS, IUCAA. All the participants were given material kits to make fifteen toys. The topics of sound, optics, electricity, motion, force, work and energy were covered in the session. Demonstrations of 30 to 35 toys were given with a brief idea of how to use these toys in teaching textbook science and even more. The selected toys were related to the existing science curricula of 8th 9th and 10th classes, and these toys would be helpful for the teachers and the volunteers in the classroom teaching. The workshop was coordinated by Shivani Pethe and Rupesh Labade (both fromIUCAA). | KHAG L | No. 116 - OCTOBER 2018 | 12