Multimedia Resources

Visualisation in Science Education [pdf]

Poems for the Classroom 

Common birds around HBCSE campus

A bird can be best described as a 'feathered biped'. We present before you an informative visual tour of birds visiting HBCSE campus. These birds are very common in India. This will arouse the curiosity of children and make them more observant towards the birds they see around themselves.

Presented by: Vinisha K. and Kumar Arunachal

Introduction to Symbiosis

Colourful examples of living beings helping each other: on the land, in the deep sea and in the air.

Author : Kumar Arunachal

Bats : How they sense and behave

With this article on Bats , we start a series on senses and behavior of living beings.

We first discuss Waves and the way we see, produce and hear sounds. We relate this to the Air Chapter of the Small Science Class IV. Then we learn about different kinds of bats, their wings and their ears . We at length learn about the way they echo locate. We talk about how they spend the entire year together, hibernating, migrating and caring for their babies. We get to know how they evolved wings.  The way they help us by eating pest insects and by pollinating Rain Forests is discussed. Pollination is discussed in the Small Science Class V.In the end we talk about how they are not the other animals who echo locate. We talk of animals in the sea who use them and how it is even more useful in the seas. We close the discussion by enlisting some great on line  resources to explore Bats, nature's unique marvel.Author : Kumar Arunachal

 Fun with Water!

Try these simple activities with water in your Class and watch the children learning 'concepts' along with having fun. These activities will expose students to common properties of water. If you have more to add to the list your contributions are welcome.

Design and Illustrations: Karen Haydock
Author: Jayashree Ramadas
Videos prepared by: Vinisha K.
Special credits: www.arvindguptatoys.com
 

Trees of HBCSE

Some kinds of plants after many years become big and tall trees. The stem of the plant grows into a thick, woody trunk, which supports a crown of branches, with leaves, flowers and fruits.

In response to the queries of some teachers and parents we have prepared this presentation of some common trees found in the premises of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai. This presentation contains visuals along with brief note on different parts of a tree like leaf, fruit, flower and bark texture. We invite you to collect information of the trees in your campus and we will upload it in our website with credits to your school.

Drawn, Collected, Compiled and Presented by:  Vinisha K.
Bark imprints: Vinisha K. and Manish Chand
Technical support : Manoj Nair
Thanks to the supportive garden staff of HBCSE.

The Story of Rice

Have you ever grown rice or helped to grow it? This is the story of how rice is grown from Small Science, Class IV. Observe, think and find out what is happening in each picture.

Design and Illustrations: Karen Haydock
Author: Jayashree Ramadas
Video prepared by: Manish Chand

The Story of Rice Video [ English, Hindi, Marathi ]

 Playing with mud…making bricks and houses

Children love to play with mud. Integrating a learning experience with an activity that they like to do is what “Make your own house” from Small Science textbook, Class III, Chapter 12 does. We wondered how children actually carry out the activity in the classroom…We decided to carry out the activity ourselves and reflected on our experiences engaging in the task.  Mud brick is one of the oldest as well as eco-friendly building materials and at the end of the building’s lifetime, the bricks will break down to earth again.

Written by Vinisha K. and Aswathy Raveendran

The story of - pollen grains

Pollination is included in Small Science, Class V Chapter 1. Aspects of pollen dispersal, not usually explicitly addressed, are emphasised in this "movie" story of - pollen grains

Story: Jyotsna Vijapurkar and Aisha Kawalkar
Art, photography, animation: Jyoti Kumbhare and Anuja Farkade
Music: Prasad Bhandarkar
Voice: Pooja Konde

Water Cycle

Audio-visual versions of the water cycle story in Small Science, Class IV

Story and Visual: Karen Haydock
Animation: Manish Chand
Sound effects: Manish A. Kukreja
English voice: Vinisha K.
Hindi voice: Arindam Bose
Marathi voice: Dipti Deshmukh
Author of Small Science Class 4: Jayashree Ramadas
Hindi translator, Halka Phulka Vigyan: K.K.Mishra
Marathi translator, Halke  Phulke Vidnyan: Deepa Palshikar

Water Cycle Movie [ English, Hindi, Marathi ]

Vermicomposting

While reading Chapter 10 in Small Science, Class IV, "What is thrown out" you may have thought "how often do we dump things without thinking where it goes or what happens to it?" Thinking like this could help managing the waste at source. At HBCSE office premises we produce a lot of garden waste. Could we make something useful out of it? Here is a demonstration of Vermicomposting done by the Garden staff of HBCSE.

Vermicomposting Demonstration  presented by Vinisha K. Photography by Vinisha K. and Ankita Patel

Wild vegetables

In Chapter 9 of the Class V Small Science book, we have asked children to learn about wild vegetables. Click here to see some collected from around Mumbai.

Collected, Photographed and Compiled by ­ Jyotsna Vijapurkar, Anuja Farkade and Ankita Patel.  Thanks to Ritesh Khunyakari for consultations.