Prog : 42, 05-03-2009, Municipal School No-15, Asarva, Ahmedabad

People were even standing at the door to unveil secret of solar system

Teachers were understanding crater formation

Hello!

Here’s a report on the 42nd TAS Municipal School Program.

Today we visited the municipal school no. 15 at Asarva, Ahmedabad.

As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program.

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 Lunar observation. They were particularly amazed to see the craters of the moon. During the interactive session that followed, the room was jam pack. Nearly all the slides of solar system fascinated them all, as they never thought of such world outside the earth. 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! Both, the teachers and students, were especially keen to have us come again to give them a deeper understanding.

At the end of the session, we were informed by teachers that they are from very poor families. They are all street venders of vegetables. Girls were not allowed from their family due to unsecured feelings of parents.

We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: teacher Piyushbhai, Jigar Darji & Stephen Samuel for set up and Rajesh Nath for overall help with photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.

Summary:
1. Venue : Muni school Hindi No – 15, Asarwa, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 05-03-2009
3. Time : 6:30 to 8:10 pm
4. Object observed : Moon
5. Participants : 106
6. Volunteers : 0
7. Photo : Rajesh Nath
8. Resource Persons : 3
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Mahendra Patni, Aakash Patni, Sunil Patni

Tanmaye Vyas
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Prog : 41, 04-03-2009, Municipal School No -1, Jahangirpur, Ahmedabad

Few students even from windows "The Universe Yours to Discover"

Crater Archimedes in Mare Imbrium!

A painter who drew the wall painting of 'Gandhiji's Dandi Yatra', was teacher in this school.

Students cleaning the observation place

Hello!

Here’s a report on the 41st TAS Municipal School Program.

Today we visited the municipal school no. 1 at Jahangirpur, Ahmedabad.

As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program. The school was just opposite to, once biggest hospital of Asia “The Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad”.

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. Teachers were also interested in taking notes from the posters.

The program started with ‘Lunar’ observation. They were particularly amazed to see craters on the moon. They wanted to observe again and again. During the interactive session that followed, nearly all the slides fascinated them all. 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 –temperature of the sun, first Indian to space, etc’ created some interesting debates. Some exceptionally bright students like Vishruti Prajapati answered my questions with amazing clarity and was awarded prize 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.

We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: the school staff for discipline, Jigar & Stephen for set up and Urvi Vyas for photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.

Summary:
1. Venue : Muni school Hindi No – 1, Jahangirpur, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 04-03-2009
3. Time : 6:20 to 8:15 pm
4. Object observed : Moon
5. Participants : 136
6. Volunteers : 1
7. Photo : Urvi Vyas
8. Resource Persons : 2
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Aarti Surve, heena Parmar, Vishruti Prajapati

Tanmaye Vyas
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+91 9979861071

Prog : 40, 03-03-2009, Municipal School No -9, Rajpur, Ahmedabad

Age no bar...

Hello!

Here’s a report on the 40th TAS Municipal School Program.

Today we visited the municipal school no. 9 at Rajpur, Gomtipur, Ahmedabad.

As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program. The school was so deep inside a street that, we couldn’t find at first.

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 interactive session. Today we changed the sequence of program as, few residents were playing cricket inside the school premise. During the interactive session, the slides of different solar system bodies fascinated them all. 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! Especially, the principal. Questions like – who was first person to go to moon, what are aurora?, 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. Then they were asked to observe the Moon through the telescope. They were particularly amazed to see craters. 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: Jigar Darji & Stephen Samuel for set up and Urvi Vyas for photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.

Summary:
1. Venue : Muni school Hindi No – 9, Rajpur, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 03-03-2009
3. Time : 6:40 to 8:00 pm
4. Object observed : Moon
5. Participants : 48
6. Volunteers : 1
7. Photo : Urvi Vyas
8. Resource Persons : 2
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Ankit Vaghela & Abharal Maniar

Tanmaye Vyas
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+91 9979861071

Prog : 39, 02-03-2009, Municipal School No -13, Saraspur, Ahmedabad

Proud winners...

Parents at the door with students in full presence

Stephen explaining Sunspots.

Yes, we want to go to space...

All with specific traditional hair style.

Some lighter moments on purchasing land on Moon...

Curious parent...

Practicing before the turn

Are we required by any contractor up there??!!

Hello!

Here’s a report on the 39th TAS Municipal School Program.

Today we visited the municipal school no. 13 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad.

As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program.

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 Lunar observation. They were particularly amazed to see craters that looked like bubbles. Along with school students and staff members, few construction site workers also observed the craters with curiosity.

The interactive session that followed, was completely and successfully conducted by one of the resource person Stephen Samuel. We consider this as great achievement.

The solar, aurora, moon and Saturn’s slides fascinated them all. 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! Especially Komal Barot, who asked further about the Aurora Borealis. Questions like – surface temp of the sun, first person to moon?, 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. Both, the teachers and students, were especially keen to have us come again to give them a deeper understanding.

We must say that the school was clean, all students were in school uniform with identity card and were well behaved too. This school was given additional name "Anupam" (It means Unique).

We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: Stephen Samuel for conducting show with full confidence, Jigar Darji for set up and Rajesh Nath for photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.

Summary:
1. Venue : Muni school No -13, Saraspur, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 02-03-2009
3. Time : 6:30 to 8:30 pm
4. Object observed : Moon
5. Participants : 106
6. Volunteers : 0
7. Photo : Rajesh Nath
8. Resource Persons : 3
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Priyanka Sonara, Hiral Sahani, Smit Patel.

Tanmaye Vyas
+91 9327019254
+91 9979861071

Summary till February 2009

Hello,
I am happy to announce that by the end of 2nd month of IYA, we have crossed the figure of 4000 participants. The summary of the participants are as under :

Programs 38
Students 3535
Teachers 295
Parents 264
Guests 98
Other 232
Total 4424

Once again I would like to thank following, for their great support : "Udgam School for Children" , TAS volunteers and resource team members, and all those friends & well wishers who are constantly sending e-mails with encouraging words and suggestions.

Thanks.

Tanmaye Vyas
+91 93270 19254
+91 99798 61071

Prog : 38,27-02-2009, Municipal School No - 11, Saraspur, Ahmedabad

Hello!

Here’s a report on the 38th TAS Municipal School Program.

Today we visited the municipal school no. 11 at Saraspur, Ahmedabad.

As usual, we were accorded a warm welcome by the students and the authorities excitedly awaiting the program.

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 Venus observation. They were particularly amazed to see the phase of the Venus. All were looking at us with doubtful glance as; the Moon was also visible below Venus today. To give correct image, we showed Moon through the telescope too. That satisfied their unsaid doubt.

During the interactive session that followed, all the slides fascinated them all. 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 Indian to go to space and who was first to go to the Moon?’ created some interesting debates. Today one of the resource persons from our team Stephen Samuel called his nephews to participate in the show as they were staying nearby and were studying in 7th & 5th standards. They answered nearly all my questions with amazing clarity.

Some exceptionally bright students like Kishan Waghela answered my questions was awarded prize 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.

We acknowledge the gracious support of the following people in making this program a success: Jigar Darji & Stephen Samuel for set up and Urvi Vyas for the photo documentation. We thank them all for their interest.

Summary:
1. Venue : Muni school No -11, Saraspur, Ahmedabad
2. Date : 27-02-2009
3. Time : 6:30 to 8:00 pm
4. Object observed : Venus, Moon
5. Participants : 65
6. Volunteers : 1
7. Photo : Urvi Vyas
8. Resource Persons : 2
9. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) : Kishan Waghela & Yash Samuel

Tanmaye Vyas
+91 9327019254
+91 9979861071