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Ways to keep children engaged during the lock-down

Sriraghavan S M 10 April 2020 No Comments

Coping with crisis: Owing to COVID19 crisis, we have gone through a few weeks of lock-down now and have a few more weeks ahead of us. We have had to establish a new order of things at our homes. Multiple generations of family members are at home all the time.…

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My journey with Astronomy – Part 3

I continue here from my previous articles. If you haven’t read them yet, please do so here in Part 1 and Part 2. The power of periodicity: There is a day every month that the Indians offer their prayers to their ancestors or the departed which is on the New…

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My journey with Astronomy – Part 2

Sriraghavan S M 27 March 2020 No Comments Activity Based Critical Thinking Experience Goals

I continue here from my previous article. If you haven’t read that yet, please do. The science behind ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ (Makara Sankranti): Indian traditions follow two approaches to the calendar – the sun-based ಸೌರಮಾನ (sauramaana) approach and the moon-based ಚಾಂದ್ರಮಾನ (chaandramaana) approach. The time measured using each approach is based…

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My journey with Astronomy – Part 1

Sriraghavan S M 20 March 2020 No Comments Activity Based Critical Thinking Experience Goals

The fascination: Have you ever wondered that every time you step on the earth, there is a history of 5 billion years under your feet? The environment in which we live has been on earth in different conditions over the last 5 billion years. These were the exact thoughts I…

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The Psychology behind forming Lifelong Habits

Nishant Krishna 13 March 2020 2 Comments Experience Goals Habits Health Repeatition

A silver lining to a pandemic like Coronavirus? Coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by the WHO (World Health Organisation). As per WHO a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. This means every country, every state, and every citizen needs to play their part in checking Coronavirus…

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Throwing Scientific Temper out of the window

Sriraghavan S M 6 March 2020 2 Comments Collective consciousness Coronavirus Critical Thinking Scientific Method

“ಸೋರುತಿಹುದು ಮನೆಯ ಮಾಳಿಗಿ, ಅಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ… ಸೋರುತಿಹುದು ಮನೆಯ ಮಾಳಿಗಿ!” ಸಂತ ಶಿಶುನಾಳ ಶರೀಫ This is a Kannada folk song written by Santa Shishunala Sharifa in the mid 19th century when India experienced an epidemic of Bubonic plague. In the song, he advises people to be sensible about the disease. He shares insights on…

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How Arithmetic Progression shaped my journey as a teacher

Sriraghavan S M 28 February 2020 No Comments

Learning by being present: It was during June of 1999 that I was approached by a parent to tutor her son for grade 10 Maths. This was purely thanks to the marketing efforts of my beloved mother about my score of 99/100 in my 10th exams. My ever-zealous mother used…

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Nurturing curiosity through questions

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 21 February 2020 No Comments

Tickling the brain: I recently read this book – What if the Earth stopped spinning and 24 other mysteries by Roopa Pai. I am currently reading Imperial Earth by Arthur C Clarke. Both these books have evoked a fresh sense of intrigue in me. My curiosity is heightened beyond its…

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The vicious effect of clickbait information

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 14 February 2020 No Comments

Introduction Over the last two decades, the internet has revolutionised the way in which we access and consume information. What would take weeks of research in libraries is now available at the click of a button within microseconds. No doubt this kind of access has driven progress in orders of…

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NumberNagar® Dialogue Series – On Making Mathematics the Way of Your Life

Nishant Krishna 7 February 2020 2 Comments 5C Methodology Clarity Curiosity Language Mathematics

Introduction Mathematics is all around us, whether we see it or not. Mathematics is the gear and machinery which drives things we can see, feel, and touch, and things we can’t. We got a very good perspective on how to get command in Mathematics in our last article. While doing…