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Now, learning theories and formulas is nothing but fun

BERHAMPUR: Small children can also design innovative teaching aids for an easy understanding of theories of science and mathematics was shown by the participants in the two-day-long ‘Sishu Pratibha Utsav’ festival held at the City High School that concluded on Thursday. They exhibit their self designed teaching aids.

The teaching aids were divided into two groups, ‘Science for Fun’ and ‘Mathematics for Fun’. Over 200 school students from 22 blocks of Ganjam district took part in the festival, which was organised by ‘Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan’.

Most interesting feature of the festival was that the participants took part in various events ranging from debating to model making however it was only for fun sake. There was no competition in any event during the festival.

All the teaching aids displayed at the exhibitions were prepared with the locally available materials. And the models were such that they could be easily carried into the class for display. Students of the Jagdalpur Upper Primary School had used cardboard boxes to make students visualise the squares of (a+b) and (a+b+c).

Kuni Padhi, head mistress of the City High School was also impressed by it as students usually fail to remember the formula for the basic algebraic equations as it can not be visualised. Similar projects to help in understanding principles of logarithm, geometry and arithmetic were part of the ‘Mathematics for Fun’ section.

In the ‘Science for Fun’ section the students from rural schools had prepared interesting models to depict laws of motion, laws of electricity using scraps of thrown away electronics and mechanical household goods. Some of them used clay to prepare models of human anatomy. A special exhibition of artefacts prepared from waste materials available in rural areas was also a major attraction at the children’s festival.

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