Weather calendar and clock
Vedavalli Vidyalaya, Walajapet, Tamil Nadu Class IV D, August 2016 Small Science – Class 4 Chapter 1 – Sun, wind, clouds and rain Weather calendar and clock I felt very excited to teach Small...
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The ants, the ants
Vedavalli Vidyalaya, Walajapet, Tamil Nadu Class: III A, August 2016 Small Science – Class 3 Chapter 4 – Looking at Animals The ants, the ants * Students of Class III A of Vedavalli Vidyalaya,...
Introducing Vedavalli
Vedavalli Vidyalaya, Walajapet and Ranipet Small Science at Vedavalli The Vedavalli Vidyalayas are two CBSE senior secondary schools founded by the Thirumalai Charity Trust about two decades ago at Walajapet and Ranipet in Tamil Nadu....
Nature walk and teacher thoughts
Al Qamar Academy, Chennai, Grade 3 27 July 2016, 12-1 pm Small Science – Class 3 Chapter 1 – So many living things! Nature walk and teacher thoughts We went for a nature walk...
Clouds, kites and storms
Al Qamar Academy, Chennai, Grade 4, 25 July 2016, 10:30 am Small Science – Class 4 Chapter 1 – Sun, wind, clouds and rain We talked about the weather today – almost like grown ups....
Little critters – 1
Al Qamar Academy, Chennai, Grade 3, 25 July 2016, 11:30 am Small Science – Class 3 Chapter 1 – So many living things! Little critters -1 In the classroom, besides students and teachers we...
Flying Seeds
Flying Seeds 18-11-2008 I hurried to class IV today anxious to see what kinds of seeds( (see activity on ‘flying seeds’ in class IV book, Unit: II, Air) the students might have made…but I...
Some Metaquestions
Some Metaquestions .. 18-9-2008 The questions posted in the previous post (see ‘small science and asking questions’) got me pondering about what the nature of questions in Science are. Two of the categories in...
Big questions from Small Science !!
Big questions from Small Science !! 17-9-2008 Besides opportunities given through activities, the final exercise in each chapter of Small Science is, “Ask a Question”. Curious to see what kind of questions the children...
Exploring the Senses…
Exploring the Senses… September 9, 2008- Part I In class III today, the teacher continued with the unit ‘Our body’. Today, she brought a teaching aid with her. It was a big illustrated chart...