Satisfying heavenly curiosity!
Yes, the Saturn is up there.
Proud winners!
Some lighter moments during interactive session!
All wanted to write every bit of information!
Hello!
Here’s a report on the 52nd TAS Program.
Today we visited NGO called Manav Sadhna & St. Mary Mercy Community center at Old Vadaj, Ahmedabad.
The center is very beautifully architecture in a middle of very poor community area. The center has many facilities like computer room, playground, toddler room, small prayer room, gym, study & reading room, kitchen, etc.
As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program.
The poster display was set up on the floor for the students to explore the mysteries of the solar system at their own pace. This time we also displayed posters used during 100 HA. And we watched them peruse the information and discuss the same with their friends. All of them, wrote nearly every bit of information mentioned in the posters.
The program started with interactive session without projector (the projector has some fault). The session started with Milky way information and ended up with Pluto. 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 session! Questions like – biggest & smallest planets, comparison of earth with sun or Jupiter, etc’ created some interesting debates. Some exceptionally bright students answered my questions with amazing clarity and were awarded prizes at the end of the presentation.
Now it was time for observation. Today they enjoyed mysterious and beautiful Saturn through 8” SCT. They were really amazed to see the edge on position of the rings. Many of them saw Saturn twice and thrice to quench their knowledge thirst.
Both, the teachers and students, were especially keen to have us come again to give them a deeper understanding.
We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: Jagatbhai of Manav Sadhana NGO, Jigar Darji & Ravi Gamit for set up and photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.
Summary:
1. Venue : Manav Sadhana, Old Vadaj, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 20-04-2009
3. Time : 7:00 to 9:30 pm
4. Object observed : Saturn
5. Participants : 43
6. Volunteers : 0
7. Photo : Jigar Darji & Ravi Gamit
8. Resource Persons : 2
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Reshma Vaghela, Kinjal Paraghi, Rekha Makawana
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