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Here’s a report on the 48th TAS Program.
Today we visited the group called “Tees Ka Dam” at Sadar Bazar, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad.
As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program. Street children are taught free by Aproch NGO run by Kiran Sethi, one of the leading philanthropists. Ninaben who takes care of this group along with other teachers were present.
The poster display was set up for the students to explore the mysteries of the solar system at their own pace. And we watched them peruse the information and discuss the same with their friends.
The program started with the interactive session, as now a day Venus is not visible and approaching new moon day, moon was also not visible. So we had to wait to locate Saturn in the dark. They were particularly fascinated to see slides of Sun & aurora. Another wonderful thing that gave us tremendous satisfaction is that the teachers too got into the spirit of things and participated wholeheartedly in the question – answer sessions that interspersed the presentation! Questions like – who was the first to go to moon or how hot the sun’s surface is?’ created some interesting debates. Some exceptionally bright students answered my questions with amazing clarity and were awarded prizes at the end of the presentation. Both, the teachers and students, were especially keen to have us come again to give them a deeper understanding. After the interactive session, the Saturn really amazed them all. During the observation even residents from nearby joined with curiosity.
We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: Ninaben of Aproch NGO and their teachers’ team, Stephen Samuel to take over later session as I had some coughing, Ravi Gamit for set up and Rajesh Nath for fantastic photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.
Summary:
1. Venue : Tees Ka Dam – NGO, Sadar bazaar, Shahibaug cantonment, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 26-03-2009
3. Time : 6:20 to 8:00 pm
4. Object observed : Saturn
5. Participants : 76
6. Volunteers : 0
7. Photo : Rajesh Nath
8. Resource Persons : 3
Tanmaye Vyas
+91 9327019254
+91 9979861071
Here’s a report on the 48th TAS Program.
Today we visited the group called “Tees Ka Dam” at Sadar Bazar, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad.
As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program. Street children are taught free by Aproch NGO run by Kiran Sethi, one of the leading philanthropists. Ninaben who takes care of this group along with other teachers were present.
The poster display was set up for the students to explore the mysteries of the solar system at their own pace. And we watched them peruse the information and discuss the same with their friends.
The program started with the interactive session, as now a day Venus is not visible and approaching new moon day, moon was also not visible. So we had to wait to locate Saturn in the dark. They were particularly fascinated to see slides of Sun & aurora. Another wonderful thing that gave us tremendous satisfaction is that the teachers too got into the spirit of things and participated wholeheartedly in the question – answer sessions that interspersed the presentation! Questions like – who was the first to go to moon or how hot the sun’s surface is?’ created some interesting debates. Some exceptionally bright students answered my questions with amazing clarity and were awarded prizes at the end of the presentation. Both, the teachers and students, were especially keen to have us come again to give them a deeper understanding. After the interactive session, the Saturn really amazed them all. During the observation even residents from nearby joined with curiosity.
We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: Ninaben of Aproch NGO and their teachers’ team, Stephen Samuel to take over later session as I had some coughing, Ravi Gamit for set up and Rajesh Nath for fantastic photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.
Summary:
1. Venue : Tees Ka Dam – NGO, Sadar bazaar, Shahibaug cantonment, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 26-03-2009
3. Time : 6:20 to 8:00 pm
4. Object observed : Saturn
5. Participants : 76
6. Volunteers : 0
7. Photo : Rajesh Nath
8. Resource Persons : 3
Tanmaye Vyas
+91 9327019254
+91 9979861071
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