While I was at my daughter’s place in Ahmedabad, I sensitized her friends on usage of foldscope and how it can help in viewing different samples. As a sample, they plucked a purple coloured flower growing near the society gate and plucked its anthers. They all were fascinated to see how these appeared under foldscope.
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Explorations with foldscope @ Ashram
The kids enjoyed viewing different samples as they peeped through foldscope. To them it was something so amazing. Sample – 1 Flower (Ipomoea) Sample – 2 Flower (Albizzia)
Foldscope Outreach Activity @ Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad
As I was walking across the various cottages and galleries at Gandhi Ashram, I came to a cottage- the Gift shop of the ashram with a corridor where some kids from under-privileged section of the society were making hand painted greeting cards, stickers, key chains and beaded necklaces. As I interacted with them, I came…
OUTREACH – Introductory session on “Foldscopes” for high school students from State Government Schools
A workshop on “Foldscopes” was organized on November 04, 2018 for 78 high school students from State Government Schools in the vicinity of IISER Bhopal. The workshop taught the participants basic principles of microscopy (in local language) and guided them on assembling and using Foldscopes. This was a part of the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) flagship…
OUTREACH – Workshop on “Foldscopes” for participants of Salters’ Chemistry Camp
Ahands on session on “Foldscopes” was carried out for 65 participants(31 girls and 34 boys) studying in the IX th standard in State Governmentschools from Bhopal, Dewas, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Shahpur,Ujjain, Bhauri, Bakaniya of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This was a part of athree day residential program organised by The Royal Society of Chemistry(India)…
OUTREACH – Introductory session on “Foldscopes” for high school students
An introductory session on”Foldscopes” was carried out for 83 participants from all over India whocame to attend the six day residential Outreach Program “Understanding Science”at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal from May 7 –12, 2018. A talk on “Foldscopes” (short history on microscopes, the need forfoldscopes, working, assembling) followed by the…
Outreach Program to enlighten the path for others
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