The Science Workout

Developing scientific thinking and problem solving skills and essential traits of mind and habit, e

For a child, the wonderful world of science is more often than not reduced to being just another scary,vast, tough subject , where one needs to memorize formulae and equations, solve some math problems and somehow try to get good grades, so that she can fulfill her parents wishes of becoming a good engineer or a good doctor some day or a Nobel prize winning nuclear physicist some day. All this is

thanks to societal expectations that overlooks or under-emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining the natural curiosity of a child towards his world, relating concepts to her world or even building intellectual skills needed to make further study of science possible. Without going too much into what ails the current education or evaluations system, we feel we need to provide a platform for kids to experientially build their knowledge base in science, help them relate what they learn in schools to things in every day life, to actively engage them in each step of problem solving- right from articulating the problem itself, to hypothesis and design, to execution and evaluation. We provide this through workshops designed for various age groups, that on the face of it require children to solve a problem that involves science and engineering. By attempting to solve the problems and build solutions, children will learn, develop and internalize a scientific thinking process, that will encourage their creativity and curiosity, build intellectual skills like

Observing the world
Classifying it into various categories that may be known or not
Measuring objects
Predicting behaviors and properties
Experimenting to evaluate these predictions

and personal and social skills like

Team Work

Ability to critique their own and others' work

Ability to accept critiques of their own work

Confidence in their own abilities

The workshops are designed to be age appropriate, based on philosophies of cognitive experts like Gardner, Piaget, Vygotsky and Dewey. They are designed to be challenging enough, and yet achievable. Kids are encouraged to learn from each other and from their own mistakes, at their own pace and most importantly, encouraged to have fun and take pride in their own abilities.

02/01/2015

Happy New Year to all ! Thank you for all the support and the likes !
We've been quietly working behind the scenes on multiple fronts- we will have a community project app coming soon.

Meanwhile - watch out for a teaser project to start your new year.

05/11/2014

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26/08/2013

College students - in engineering and science - it's time to Gotoclass.in !

16/08/2012

What are we learning at school ( or college)?
http://blogs.swaksham.com/what-we-learn-at-school-or-college/

What We Learn at School (or College) | Learning that Empowers August 15, 2012What We Learn at School (or College) As a senior scientist engaged in long term research in a USD 25B company in the US, I had the opportunity to be part of the recruiting process. In the process we interviewed and hired some of the brightest young people and also trained...

02/08/2012

The absence of skills in higher education:
http://blogs.swaksham.com/

Learning that Enables What skills do we need to succeed in the real world? How do we acquire these skills? Are those ready to enter the real world – graduating students from colleges across the country – ready with these skills? Are institutions charged with training students cognizant of these skills and do we have proc...

09/02/2012

02/12/2011

Day 2 of Explore It - looking forward to meeting all the kids again !

02/12/2011

5-7 year olds exploring strength of structures

17/11/2011

Gurgaon folks - we have a series of 3 science workshops planned for your kids - Explore It ! for 5-6 year olds at the Bubble Fuelled Hub, DLF Phase 3. Details in the attached flyer

06/11/2011

Video notes from one of our summer workshops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YScfnORGD4

alldaykids swaksham Kids Busy with Engineering workshop by 'Swaksham'! All Day Kids talks to Ranjana Gosh of Swaksham, who teaches kids with her magical ways!

Engineer -It ! | The Science Workout ...... by Swaksham

04/11/2011

Notes about one of our summer workshops

Engineer -It ! | The Science Workout ...... by Swaksham We believe that when a child is given the freedom and the time to explore ( without the pressure of performing for an exam, a teacher or even a parent) a problem and is given a basic set of tools, like rules of physics and math or engineering and spends time discussing with peers, physically feeli...

03/11/2011

In response to a question recently asked by a parent- Children are born engineers- they are naturally curious, creative and not afraid to experiment or fail. At The Science Workout, we attempt to sustain and build on these scientific abilities of the mind, throw in a bit of science and math, increase kids' scientific vocabulary, expose them to a variety of problems that require an engineering solution, get them to work together and discover the joys and frustrations of designing and creating and build something beautiful, that they all feel proud of.

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