Have you heard of these pioneering women of Indian science? Read on…
Women have always carved a niche for themsleves, in the filed of Science. But, it isn’t a recent phenomenon, and dates back to pre-independent India too. Try your hand at this word search to see how many pioneering women in Science, you can spot.
Follow the timeline to know how the International Women’s Day evolved.
International Women’s Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialised world. This was also when there was much unrest and debate about the position of women in society. Oppression and inequality were spurring women to become more vocal in demanding their rights and actively campaigning for change.
Check out this timeline to find out more about IWD over the years.
It’s been a busy week and here are some highlights of what’s been going on.
What’s happening around the world? Take a quick tour and find out for yourself.
The gender gap is prevalent in almost every industry in the world, and sports is no exception.
In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a landmark decision. Going forward, the country’s women cricketers would earn the same fee per match as their male counterparts. The move was widely hailed as a step in the right direction and one that would give a boost to women’s cricket in the country.
Let’s get to know about some major milestones and efforts that contributed to closing the gender gap in sports.
Do you know what an astrophysicist does? Find out…
Astrophysicists generally work in places such as research labs, government agencies, universities, aerospace industries, planetariums and so on. Learn more about them as your scroll through the slider.
Subtracting can be fun when you have a few tricks up your sleeve!
Minus to learn. Here are a few tricks that will help you ace these math problems.
Trick 1
Make 10
2 + … = 7 How can you solve this problem??
Add 10 to 2, 10 + 2 = 12. Then subtract, 12 – 7 = 5.
So 2 + 5 = 7. Is this easy?
Continue reading “Number magic”
March Along with March and use this planner to help you plan
Bones, teeth, lungs, stomach, feet… Did you know that there’s a different doctor for almost every part of your body?
Which doctor do you visit when you have a toothache? And which doctor checks your eyesight and tells you whether you need glasses? The human body is as complicated as it is fascinating. There are specialist doctors who treat particular parts of the body or particular diseases.
These words might seem long and difficult to pronounce, but can you try and match these doctors with the parts of the body they treat?
Episode 35: On National Science Day, Vali learns about the science behind Nature’s beautiful art.
Every time Indra comes to visit Vali, he always teaches him some magical science experiments. During one such visit…
Vali: Dad, what are you going to teach me today?
Indra: Tell me what you like, and I will teach you something related to that.
Vali: I love Nature: the blue sky, the rain and rainbows, the colours of the early morning and evening sky … whoever created it must be a good artist.
Indra: Not only an artist but a scientist too.
Vali: Are these two related: the colours in Nature and science?
Indra: Yes! Everything you said you liked about Nature — the lights and colours — has something to do with science.
Vali: Can you explain it to me?
Indira: I can show it to you! Get me a mirror, a bowl of water and a torch or any light source.
Vali: Wow! We created an artificial rainbow!!
Indra: This phenomenon is the “scattering of light”. This means that light scatters when it is allowed to pass through a substance: gases, liquids, or solids.
Vali: Is this what causes the colours I love?
Indra: Yes. This is what makes the sky appear blue, and red during sunrise and sunset. This phenomenon is named the Raman Effect after the scientist who discovered it? Sir C.V. Raman was a physicist and the first Indian to win a Nobel prize in 1930 for the discovery of the science behind these various natural phenomena.
Vali: That’s amazing! But, Dad, isn’t this something that occurs naturally? What is there to discover?
Indira: Even though it occurs naturally, no one could explain how it took place. Raman also mastered the art of light scattering by making any white light source get scattered into a specific colour based on the material it passes through or gets deflected from. The less deflected or stronger light waves are red, and the highly scattered ones are violet.
Vali: Since the smallest wavelengths scatter more easily and these are in the blue spectrum, the sky and sea appear blue, right?
Indira: Exactly! Using this idea, one can find how each material reflects light. So it has various uses in the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare, art and archaeology, space exploration, and more…
Vali: Oh! No wonder he deservedf the Nobel Prize.
Indira: It is in his honour that people in India celebrate National Science Day on February 28, to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect.
Vali looks admiringly at the hues of the beautiful morning sky.
The author is the founder and CEO of Vaayusastra Aerospace, an IIT-Madras incubated ed-tech startup that offers Air Science workshops for children between five and 14 years.
Are you a movie watcher? Can you match these songs to their movies? Play on…
Movies and songs go together. Remember ‘All I Want Is A Room Somewhere’ from My Fair Lady? Or ‘Pure Imagination’ from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Here is a game based on movie songs. How many of these can you match?
