Khagol # 124 - Oct 2020

| KHAG L | No. 124 - OCTOBER 2020 | 12 Public Outreach Activities Int roduc t ion to Bas i c Measur ing Instruments Starting from July 22 to September 23, 2020, videos in series were premiered on every Wednesday. This series dedicatedly talked about different instruments used to measure different physical quantities like mass, weight, density, temperature, volume, pressure, time, etc. Over 50 instruments were covered Webinars The following Astronomy webinars on different topics were organised at different institutes with Sci POP resource persons as guest speakers: July 16, 2020: Sonal Thorve on Introduction to Astronomy and Future Career Opportunity, at ABHAV Foundation, Chhattisgarh. July 23 and 26, 2020: Rupesh Labade on Scientific Toys in Science Education in a Teachers' Training organised jointly by in a span of 10 videos. The videos covered the journey of evolution of these instruments from the ancient times to the modern advancements, and the fields of application of these instruments today were covered. An activity or a DIY toy was discussed at the end of every video. The target audience was students of ages from 8 to 15 years. The activity was designed and coordinated by Shivani Pethe (IUCAA). Agastya International Foundation andDIET, Pune. July 26, 2020: SonalThorve on Astronomy – Exploring Time and Space, as a part of the lecture series “The Space Scientists”,organised by Jansona Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, jointlywithGalileo Science Club, Tamil Nadu. September 26, 2020: Samir Dhurde on Moon Challenge: AClose-up View, on the occasion of International Observe the Moon Night 2020, at the Rajasthan Department of Science and Technology.