Sunday June 10th, 2018
The boys at Kalyehli are intent on knowing every bit our personal lives, and as such, are constantly questioning the two of us. We are of course happy to oblige, as long as the questions are appropriate and respectful. Recently, in response to wanting to know more about what I do for work back home, the best answer I could give, without boring or confusing them, was "I am a scientist". This sent the group into a frenzy as they immediately pictured themselves in white lab coats blowing things up for the remainder of our visits. As thrilled as I was to see them so excited about science, I did my best to explain that this was not my particular brand of science, however I am not one to try to dissuade a bunch of eager children and teenagers from wanting to learn.
As explosions would have certainly been looked down upon by the orphanage management, we settled on having the group make magnetic Borax slime. It was simple enough for the youngest of the boys, and the entire group was able to learn about making solutions. For the older ones, I was able to sneak in a bit of a lesson on polarity.
Using PVA Glue, a borax solution, water, and iron filings, Becca and I walked the group through making our slime. The whole project was oodles of fun, and everyone enjoyed seeing how the slime was drawn to the magnets we passed around. All in all, the day was a huge success Much to my excitement, they have requested more science! I look forward to planning the next.
Michael and Becca
Sundays have become one of our favourite (and tiring) days. We started today with our session at Seva Bharti. As we had not visited in the week we were able to use what we had done at Kaylehli on Wednesday as well as extra activities as this group tends to move at a quicker pace.
We began by using the ‘body parts’ flash cards, and again they knew most of the words. The only new introductions were ankle, wrist, knee and elbow.
We repeated the contest to label body parts on an actual body using sticky notes. The children were divided into four teams; one child from each team became the “model” whom they would label. The youngest of the kids were used as the “model” assuring that they were able to participate. The four teams were given sticky notes with different body parts written in English, and the first team to correctly label their teammate won! They enjoyed this competition, covering one of their teammates in sticky notes was good fun.
The challenge was not over there we gave them two A1 pieces of paper with which they were required to draw out a to scale human body, and label all of the parts accordingly. It was a great exercise to reenforce the lesson.
The boys at Kalyehli are intent on knowing every bit our personal lives, and as such, are constantly questioning the two of us. We are of course happy to oblige, as long as the questions are appropriate and respectful. Recently, in response to wanting to know more about what I do for work back home, the best answer I could give, without boring or confusing them, was "I am a scientist". This sent the group into a frenzy as they immediately pictured themselves in white lab coats blowing things up for the remainder of our visits. As thrilled as I was to see them so excited about science, I did my best to explain that this was not my particular brand of science, however I am not one to try to dissuade a bunch of eager children and teenagers from wanting to learn.
As explosions would have certainly been looked down upon by the orphanage management, we settled on having the group make magnetic Borax slime. It was simple enough for the youngest of the boys, and the entire group was able to learn about making solutions. For the older ones, I was able to sneak in a bit of a lesson on polarity.
Using PVA Glue, a borax solution, water, and iron filings, Becca and I walked the group through making our slime. The whole project was oodles of fun, and everyone enjoyed seeing how the slime was drawn to the magnets we passed around. All in all, the day was a huge success Much to my excitement, they have requested more science! I look forward to planning the next.
Michael and Becca
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