Articles in the Classroom Update Category
April 2013, Classroom Update »
Sini Santosh Nair and Chintan Girish Modi
The world runs on money they say. Understanding the workings of money is a very important chapter in high school. This article gives you the basics on the concept of money along with lots of activities and project ideas to help students learn about this topic better.
Classroom Update, March 2013 »
Simran Luthra
Why is it that Geography generates less interest than most other subjects? Is it because the subject is too dry? Or can teachers of Geography reorient their teaching to make the subject more fascinating? Read this article to understand how you can become a more expressive teacher of geography.
Classroom Update, February 2013 »
Ratna Rao
Writing is one of the important skills that teachers have to impart to students. And despite the plathora of material available to aid the teacher in this area there is never enough of it. Here are some more ideas of how you can get even the most diffident of the children to write.
Classroom Update, January 2013 »
Nivedita Vijay Bedadur
Newspapers are a rich resource in that one can find pictures, articles, advertisements which help us learn in different ways. Read how this resource can be used as textual material.
Classroom Update, January 2013 »
Subha Das Mollick and Partha Bandyopadhyay
How can teachers tackle classroom concepts that cannot be seen, heard or felt? Microgravity is one such concept that can take students on a flight of fancy. Read all about what one can do in a microgravity environment.
Classroom Update, November 2012 »
Neeraja Raghavan
How does one teach the concept of atoms? For a topic like this where hands-on activities are not possible, it is crucial that the teacher catches the attention of the students. This article highlights how the atomic model can be explained to students.
Classroom Update, October 2012, Primary Pack »
Sheel
As everyday passes by we can see around us how violence is becoming more and more ingrained in human beings. Is it not time now for us to start building a sense of community in our students so that they learn to live peacefully with each other? Here’s how you can use your social studies classes across levels to nurture a peaceful citizenry.
Classroom Update, October 2012, Primary Pack »
Malasree Dasgupta
So what’s the weather like today? The weather plays such an important role in our lives that we simply cannot ignore it. What we do, how we do and why we do something all depends on the weather. So bring some sun, rain, clouds and wind into your classrooms using ideas from this article.
Classroom Update, September 2012 »
Vandana Aggarwal
Teaching children about governance and civic responsibility normally tends to be a passive affair as students in urban schools have few opportunities to face real-life situations. This article , however, suggests a role -playing exercise to enlighten children about how a Gram Panchayat functions.
Classroom Update, September 2012 »
S Indumathi
A hands-on lesson and an experiment to check how earthworms thrive taught children many things. Read all about it in this article.
