08-Apr-2012, 01:11 PM
Hello,
It is often observed 9th standard kids are first introduced to the ideas of science in a systematic manner. I am leading and designing the main content for maths and physics for a summer camp in Mangalore. My knowledge of chemistry and biology is zilch. Hopefully the organizers will find good chemistry teachers and biology teachers.
My reasons for designing this camp is to instill scientific temper in kids and teach them how to do Science.
So this camp would mostly feature learning physics through experiments. I think the idea of falsifiability must be subtly impressed upon them. I will try to teach them to do mathematics by visual representation and puzzles. I am an ardent fan of Prof. Kumaresan(the founder of MTTS) and Mr. P.N. Subramanya(the local champion in mathematics teaching) who teach this style of doing mathematics.
I would like a couple of pointers on the documentary I am trying to make. This documentary focuses on introducing kids to different fun parts of Science.
As of now, I want to mix Walter Lewin's videos and Dr. V.S. Ramachandran's.
So,
1) Are there fun animations/cartoons that explain basics of physics, chemistry, math, biology to kids (9th and 10th)?
2) Do you people know any video series on evolution (that is simplified for kids) told by Prof.Dawkins or some other authority in the field. If I could cover neuroscience, evolution, mechanics, electromagnetics, fluids, algebra, geometry, counting and calculus, I would be happy. Clearly, I have no clue of what to include in chemistry. So some suggestions of video series in chemistry will be dandy.
Thanks.
P.S: It is supposed to be on May 15th, so I request you consider this request urgent.
It is often observed 9th standard kids are first introduced to the ideas of science in a systematic manner. I am leading and designing the main content for maths and physics for a summer camp in Mangalore. My knowledge of chemistry and biology is zilch. Hopefully the organizers will find good chemistry teachers and biology teachers.
My reasons for designing this camp is to instill scientific temper in kids and teach them how to do Science.
So this camp would mostly feature learning physics through experiments. I think the idea of falsifiability must be subtly impressed upon them. I will try to teach them to do mathematics by visual representation and puzzles. I am an ardent fan of Prof. Kumaresan(the founder of MTTS) and Mr. P.N. Subramanya(the local champion in mathematics teaching) who teach this style of doing mathematics.
I would like a couple of pointers on the documentary I am trying to make. This documentary focuses on introducing kids to different fun parts of Science.
As of now, I want to mix Walter Lewin's videos and Dr. V.S. Ramachandran's.
So,
1) Are there fun animations/cartoons that explain basics of physics, chemistry, math, biology to kids (9th and 10th)?
2) Do you people know any video series on evolution (that is simplified for kids) told by Prof.Dawkins or some other authority in the field. If I could cover neuroscience, evolution, mechanics, electromagnetics, fluids, algebra, geometry, counting and calculus, I would be happy. Clearly, I have no clue of what to include in chemistry. So some suggestions of video series in chemistry will be dandy.
Thanks.
P.S: It is supposed to be on May 15th, so I request you consider this request urgent.