Author: Soham Dighe

Date and Time  : 21-08-2020, 10:00 – 11:20 am

Facilitator: Ms. Mayuri Pawar.

MP discussed the following topics in this webinar based on her teaching experiences in the last year summer camp (2019) and regular classroom sessions.

• Need of measurement in day-to-day life
• Meaning of ‘Physical Quantity’ & way to express it
• Mass, Weight & Difference between them
• Scalar & Vector Quantity
• Standardized Measurement
• Prevailing system of measurement
• Fundamental Quantities
• International System of units
• Major causes of errors in measurement

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• She mentioned a few activities that can help students to understand different concepts in this topic easily. Also, To make the topic interesting she made use of the story.
• NDD mentioned that in this webinar MP has covered the history of measurement, current research in measurement, the difficulties that teachers had faced while teaching this topic, students difficulties and mistakes done by them, etc. So, overall the session was nice.
• SC mentioned that information given in the webinar was good.
• PK mentioned that the session was informative and useful.
• Harshada madam also mentioned that the session was fascinating and interesting.
• VCS mentioned that we can make use of a worksheet to explain the topics ‘distance’ and ‘displacement’.
• ST mentioned that MP has keenly observed and noted students’ learning experiences. In this webinar, she found that MP has not only explained the concepts but also she related it with students’ experiences. And the way she explained it, even laymen can understand it easily.
• SP said that the session was very nice. And information given in the session was also useful. Especially the information of units. We use the units kilogram, metre, etc for measurement. But people generally aren’t aware about how the standard of the fundamental quantities are decided. In this session, the information about what we call the standard metre and kilogram were given which were really nice.

Report prepared by: Ms. Mayuri Pawar.

Date and Time  : 13-08-2020, 11:00 – 12:20 am

Facilitator: Narendra Deshmukh(NDD) and Sandhya Thakur(ST).

• ST started this session in an interesting way.
• She narrated in the form of a story the classroom experiences that the teacher can experience while teaching the topic ‘Digestive system’.
• ‘Why do we need food?’, the journey of food starting from the mouth, etc were discussed in an interesting way through this story.
• While narrating this story she described the students’ curiosity when teachers carry some activity material in the classroom. Also, she discussed the possible questions that can come in students mind while studying this topic.

The few topics on which NDD talked are as follows:

• Why do we have a digestive system?
• Main components of a digestive system
• Digestive Enzymes
• Chemical & Mechanical Digestion
• Digestive & Accessory organs
• Digestion Activities & Interactive