Khagol_126_April_2021

| KHAG L | No. 126 - APRIL 2021 | 09 This online activity started from December 8, 2020 and continued till the National Science Day, February 28, 2021, and conducted in collaborationwith the schools in Goa. Students of classes 5 to 9 participated in this activity from home, and they submitted videos of making and playing with science toys by themselves on Classroom, an online platform. Awinner was chosen by the schools, depending on the performance during these 11 weeks, and received a trophy on the National Science Day. After completing the live sessions, some of these selective videos were compiled to feature a 'Science Toys Video' on the National Science Day in IUCAA. All the toy videos were shot and edited by the students themselves. This activitywas coordinated and conducted by Shivani Pethe (IUCAA). Public Outreach Activities SciFunZone On January 18, 2021, Discovery Science Centres at Kerwadi, Parbhani, and the Government Ashram at Naigaon, near Nanded, had set up small science centres at various schools in the regions, and organised an one day training programme for school teachers at the Government Ashram School at Naigaon. Fifteen teachers participated in the workshop. At the end of the programme, therewas a session to observe theMoon through a telescope. Also, on January 19, 2021, there was another one day training programme for teachers at the Dreamland School, Kerwadi. Twenty teachers participated in this training. At the end of the training, sessions to observe the Sunwith a projectionmethod and with a solar filter, and the Moon through a telescope were arranged. Teachers were fascinated by the observations. Tushar Purohit (IUCAA), conducted both the training programmes and sessions teaching the basics in Astronomy and telescope handling. Training Programmes for Teachers by Science Centres (I) A Training Programme for Teachers on Science and Astronomy teaching methods was organised on February 14, 2021, at the MES Rani Laxmi Bai Mulinchi Sainiki Shala, Pirangut, Pune. There were 50 participants. Rupesh Labade and Sonal Thorve (IUCAA) conducted the workshop and demonstrated many interesting toys and activities related to basic Science and Astronomy. (ii) One Training Programme for Teachers of Baramati District. on March 12, 2021, and another such programme for teachers of Ahmednagar region, on March 22, 2021, were conducted by theAgastya International Foundation. Together 90 teachers participated in these programmes. Topics like sound and light were covered, andRupesh Labadewas the coordinator and resource person. Training Programme for Teachers · · · Organised on January 27, 2021, at the Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, under the programme named, 'Khel Khel Main', which is a scheme under the Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, and Muktangan Exploratory, Pune. There were 550 participants. Organised on February 25, 2021, at the VP's Vinod Kumar Gujar Bal Vikas Mandir.Around 80 students of class 8 participated. Conducted on February 26, 2021, at the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyalaya, Tilak Road, Pune. Therewere 150 student participants of classes 1 to 5. In all these workshops, Rupesh Labade (IUCAA) demonstratedmany interesting science toys, whichwere basic in nature, and to the level of the participants. Workshops on Science Toys