This site http://www.elcues.com implements an innovative learning methodology for Science and Maths. You can get free access to one lesson on registering There are a number of other free resources - like sample papers, Summary notes, Q/A on the ElCues Forums etc.

 The ElCues lessons are based on NCERT  books, each lesson corresponding to one chapter of NCERT. Thus, students from other boards like ICSE and other state boards can also select the relevant chapters.

 It will be good to know your feedback.

Happy New Year, all!

I wanted to share this short audio excerpt (from the PBS podcast channel) which conveys a simple but important message not just for students, but for teachers as well who need to design curricula to reflect the interconnectedness of nature through multi- and inter-disciplinary teaching, or simply put, thematic teaching.

In the podcast, which is an excerpt from Dr. Judah Folkman’s commencement address at Oberlin College in 2002, he talks about how his high school chemistry teacher inspired him to think big and make unlikely connections. read more

With all the buzz around the Large Hadron Collider experiment which will fire up today, I thought I'd share a few links that you could share with your students as well to understand this huge, and hugely important, science experiment that we will be witness to.

If you want to get an idea of what the (Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is all about - I've found this basic intro on Alice, CMS, Altas, LHCb and read more

Came across this article on NYT today.

It speaks of a teachers dilemma, and approach in teaching evolution to conservative school children.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/education/24evolution.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&em

Powerpoint presentations

This is an interesting post on an interesting site -on ancient inventions in different civilizations. I came across posts on Mayan math, why Einstein is so famous, will the world end in 2012? Children would find these interesting to read and discuss.

The 6 inventions listed in this particular article, each with a brief paragraph describing how the invention happened:

1. Penicillin
2. Electricity
3. Light Bulb
4. Cotton Gin (short for Engine)
5. The Telephone
6. Printing Press

This post is inspired by Varni's post on the National Science Day celebrations in her school, and her son's exhibit which was shaped by ideas from Arvind Gupta's "Toys from Trash". read more

Good news for Science Education and Research in India!

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for setting up of two Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) at Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram, "with the unique objective of integrating undergraduate education, postgraduate education and research under the same umbrella."

The press release also states "One of the important goals of creating these universities is to make education and careers in basic sciences more attractive by providing opportunities in integrative teaching and lear read more

The introduction of robotics education based on a programmable mobile platform car and its accessories in computer labs has become very popular globally, particularly in the US, Japan, UK and Singapore. read more

[A Note from the Administrator: This was posted as an elog by member kapil1312. This is a good resource that can be used by students and teachers of Physics, Chemistry and Maths. read more