Under the Banyan Tree
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UNDER THE BANYAN TREE MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIA WWW.MEPSINDIA.ORG
Transcript of Under the Banyan Tree
UNDER THE BANYAN TREE
MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIAWWW.MEPSINDIA.ORG
INDIA
PEOPLE
LANGUAGES: 29 POPULATION: 1.21 BILLION
What we do at Manthan?MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED TO AMELIORATE AND INSTILL FRESH METHODS IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONGST STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES AT LARGE.
Science Communication- Science Activity Kits
- Hands on Science
- Science Training & Workshops
- Science Publications
- Science Outreach Material
S&T based Entrepreneurship Development Community Programmes Resource Material Development- Video Modules
- Training & Educational Manuals
- Hands on Outreach Kits
Exhibitions
Manthan Activites:
AIM TO REACH TO MASSES OF PEOPLE
ACCROSS THE COUNTRY BY LOWCOST AND INOVATIVE
HANDS-ON APPROACH
GIANT TREEA BANYAN TREE
REST PLACE FOR ALL
CHILDREN UNDER BANYAN TREE
CHILDREN ENJOYING
THEY MAKE TOYS
SCIENCE TOYS
CLAY TOYS
LOW COST FACILITIES
A VILLAGE PORTER
CHILDREN ENJOYING THE TOY SHOWS
AN ELEPHANT
A MAGIC ELEPHANT A SYPHEN HIDDEN INSIDE
MAGICIAN’S POT
AIR PRESSURE POT
EVERY REGION IN INDIA HAS DIFFERENT TOYS
ALL THESE TOYS ARE SCIENCE TOYS
WE WERE INSPIRED BY
SUCH IDEASTO DEVELOP LOW COST TOYS
SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOW COST TOYS WERE DEVELOPED
OUR SCIENCE TOYS WERE A PART OF A NATIONAL
SCIENCE MOVEMENT CALLED ‘JATHA’
(SCIENCE POPULARISATION MARCH)
Project Support: NCSTC
ROAD SIDE SCIENCE TOY SHOW
VILLAGE CHILDERN LOVED MAGIC & PUPPET SHOWS
TOYS WERE BIG AND SMALL
TOYS DISPLAYED DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
CHILDREN ENJOYED SUCH SCIENCE TOYS
ALL INDIA RADIO AND
NCSTC, GOVT OF INDIA DECIDED TO LAUNCH
MASS SCIENCE AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN
THEY PRODUCED A SCIENCE SERIAL
THE EXPERTS STRONGLY FELT THAT SIMPLE AND VERY LOW-COST
OUTREACH MATERIAL WILL MAKE THE AUDIO
PROGRAMME INTERACTIVE
‘MANTHAN’ WAS GIVEN THIS TASK TO DEVELOP & PRODUCE
SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TOYS & KITS
Project Support: NCSTC
THE KITS WERE DEVELOPED ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS
HUMAN EVOLUTION EVOLUTION OF MAN
HUMAN CIVILISATIONMAN THE BUILDERHEALING TOUCH
ENERGYMAN IN THE SPACECRADDLE OF LIFE
CHOICE BEFORE US
THE KITS WERE SENT TO REGISTERED BROADCAST LISTENERS
THE BROADCAST WAS DONE IN 22 LANGUAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY
THE REGISTRATION WAS DONE THROUGH POSTCARDS
WE RECEIVED SEVERAL
HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF POSTCARDS FROM CHILDREN
ACCROSS THE COUNTRY
THE MEDIUM OF POST WAS EXPLORED
ACTIVITY KITS WERE SENT TO EACH STUDENT’S DOORSTEPS ON
THE REGISTERED ADDRESS
JOY OF GETTING KITS
KITS REACHED DISTANT VILLAGES
EACH KIT CONSISTED OF 12-15 SMALL SCIENCE ACTIVITY TOYS
BROADCAST AND SCIENCE KITS
SOME 175,000 CHILDREN LISTENERS WERE REGISTERED
THEY LISTENED TO THE RADIO AND AT THE SAME TIME PLAYED WITH SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS
COST PER KITRS. 10 (20 U.S. CENTS) ALONGWITH MAILING
REGISTERED BENEFICIARIES 175,000
NON REGISTERED 175,000 X 5
FAMILY/FRIENDS MEMBERS = 875,000 CHILDREN
175,000 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES x 8 KITS 14,00,000 TOTAL KITS
1,400,000 KITS X 15 TOYS 21,000,000 SCIENCE TOYS
THE BROADCAST & DISTRIBUTION WAS DONE FOR 24 MONTHS
ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST INTERACTIVE SCIENCE SERIAL
SOME SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS
HEAT ABSORPTION PACK
ATOMIC FISSION CARD
TURBINE
OUTREACH APPROACH
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT ON RADIO
POSTCARD REGISTRATION
KITS DISPATCHED ON REGISTERED ADDRESS
RADIO BROADCAST IN 22 LANGUAGES
ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH BROADCAST
FEEDBACK
BASIC DESIGN APPROACHLOW COST
ECO-FREINDLYHANDS-ON
INTERACTIVE EASY TO MAIL (POST)
SUBJECT SPECIFICEASY TO UNDERSTAND
IDEA CATALYSING
EXPERTS FOR THE KIT, TOYS SCIENTISTS
BEHAVIOURAL SPECIALIST SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS
DESIGNERS EDUCATORS
PAPER ENGINEERS PRODUCTION AGENCIES
ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE
THIS APPROACH TOWARDS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
WAS NOTICED BY MANY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
INDIA’S BIGGEST PRINT MEDIA UNIT ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA’ OFFERED
‘MANTHAN’ A PAGE FOR INTRODUCING SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND TOYS
NAMEDWEE-WONDER
FOR ENTIRE ONE YEAR
THE IDEAS REACHED A VERY VAST READERSHIP
THIS INSPIRED SEVERAL CHILDREN
SEVERAL DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL KITS WERE
DEVELOPED IN THE JOURNEY OF TIME
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA:2000 EARTHQUAKE KIT:2001
EARTHQUAKE KIT
Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR
SEISMIC WAVES SAFE STRUCTURES
YEAR:2003
MIRACLE KIT
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY:2009
SOLAR ECLIPSE KIT
Project Support: NCSTC
CREATE YOUR OWN SOLAR ECLIPSE
PIN HOLE CAMERA
MOON’S SHADOW
WEATHER KIT YEAR 2008Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR
CONTENTS IN AIR
BIODIVERSITY KIT INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY:2010Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR
UNDERSTANDING LIFE CYCLE
A SMALL TOY IDEAS GAVE BIRTH TO
COMMUNITY SCIENCE TOYS
SEVERAL SCIENCE PLAYGROUNDS WERE DEVELOPED
SCIENCE TOYS MADE BY
CHILDREN
THE IDEAS WERE MADE MOBILE
TO REACH INTERIOR VILLAGES
YEAR:1990
BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT CAMEL CART
Astronomy on Camel Cart
Ranked the Most innovative Outreach programme in World
BUDGET: RS. 10,000 ($200)
OUTREACH TO 250,000 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD
ASTRONOMY ON CAMEL CART EXHIBITION VISITED VILLAGES, SLUMS AND LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT.
THE EXHIBITION VISITED: 25 VILLAGES IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD7 PUBLIC GARDENS13 URBAN AREASMORE THAN 20 SCHOOLS4 UNIVERSITIES
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 2,50,000
UNDER THE TREE
AT VEGETABLE MARKET
AT THE SCHOOLS
ON THE ROAD SIDE
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ALONG WITH THE EXHIBITION
MOBILE CAMEL CART EXHIBITION WITH 14 PANELSSOLAR ECLIPSE ACTIVITIES
SOLAR ECLIPSE AWARENESSHANDS ON ACTIVITIES ON ASTRONOMY
SOLAR VIEWING SKY WATCHING
TELESCOPE VIEWING ANTI-SUPERSTITION CAMPAIGNS
RADIO TALKSEXHIBITIONS IN PUBLIC GARDENS AND STREETS
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
AWARENESS ACTIVITIES
OBSERVATION
RADIO BROADCAST
WE REACHED SEVERAL INTERIOR VILLAGES & URBAN CITIES
TRIBAL SCHOOLS & URBAN SCHOOLS
GUJCOST SCIENCE CLUBS
A NEW APPROACH TOWARDS DISTRICT SCIENCE CENTRES
19 COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTRES IN GUJARAT TO REACH TO
EACH VILLAGES IN THE STATE
ASTRONOMY IN TRIBAL SCHOOLS
ASTRONOMY VIDEOS
QUESTION - ANSWER SESSIONS
OBSERVATION SESSIONS
WITH THE COMMUNITY
CENTURIES WILL COME AND GO AND YET THE BANYAN TREE
WILL GO ON WITNESSING CHILDREN MAKING TOYS
UNDER ITS SHADE
WE THANK OUR ALL OUR SUPPORTERS
&CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
THANK YOU
MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIAC-1, SUKRUTI, MANEKBAG, AHMEDABAD - 380015.
PH: (O) + 91 79 26766571 (M) +91 9913614509
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