Work brought me to Jaipur, Rajasthan. It is located in Aravali mountain range, the oldest in Indian subcontinent. I thought it is a best time and place to look for microfossils. While traveling to work, I spotted exposed sedimentary rock. It was exposed due to road construction (see photo). I scrapped done surface deposit and…
Author: edurafi
Impromptu microscopy session at GGSS Telipada, Jaipur, Rajasthan
After classroom observation at GGSS Telipada school , as there was some free time, did a microscopy session with kids. Took water sample from outside the school building. Luckily, water was so rich that students got to see so many kinds of microorganisms. Sharing the video:
Line drawn using a ball point pen
Ball of a ball point pen sometimes leaves some gap in the centre because of which single line appears as two lines under the Foldscope. The gap is so small that it is not visible when we write on paper.
How to use Foldscope in the History Classroom
Two History teachers from Maharashtra, India had Foldscope and they wanted to use it in their class. I’m writing this post to explain how history and science education are similar and how tools like Foldscope needed in history and science classrooms. I’m using task used in the following video by Young Historians as an example:…