05 May 2023

Domestic kitchen as School Science Lab

Throughout my professional life in K-12 Education, I have maintained the stand that most science classroom concepts at least upto Grade 9 level can be taught using household appliances and phenomena, as mentioned in an evidences based UNESCO Report in the '80s. 

As a teacher I was fortunate to have been liked by my students probably because I used very simple but often overlooked ideas that were close to children's environment. 

As I recollect those years, I remember the examples that I had asked children themselves to try when learning about a middle school physics concept known as 'Surface tension'. Following image shows one such example:


Water drops sticking to a stainless steel container.

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.