The Art of Making Machines: A Science Classroom
Science is basically an exploration of that which is not known, or put more flamboyantly, the unknown, in the material world.
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Yet Another Confession of a Science Teacher
I am sure all of us have had occasions when we have felt a sense of dissatisfaction; days when we wonder why we are doing what we are doing, days when we wonder whether it is any use at all, whether teachers have anything to do with the learning of the child.
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Aesthetics and the Sense of Wonder in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics
In the silence of deep night and in the quiet still morning when the sun is touching the hills, there is a great mystery.
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The Elegant Science of Life: Biology
Here is some recent, assorted news making headlines in the field of biology:
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Igniting Minds: With Science on Wheels
Like the wandering minstrel of yore, Agastya International Foundation’s Mobile Laboratory (ML) trundles in and out of schools in villages of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
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Confessions of a Science Teacher
I would like to share my concern for the teaching and future of my subject, as also to suggest the basis of the way that I would proceed, should I get the opportunity to teach again.
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A Science Curriculum in the Making
When five science teachers get together to discuss what science teaching (or learning) should be across the school, it makes for a rambling, shapeless and extended discussion over many months.
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Science and Insight
The greatest challenge facing a science teacher (I have been one for more than a decade now) is this whole matter of the student’s intuition.
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And I thought I was teaching Chemistry!
How would a teacher respond when asked, ‘What do you teach when you teach science?’
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Dissection Experiments at School
In this paper we explore the possibility of doing away with the current practice of animal dissection in schools, which as per the current norms is an integral part of the Biology curriculum for most examination boards.
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