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Through the looking glass
In December 2013, the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). Thus 2015 is a great year to begin, or add to,...
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An inquiring class
Meena Sriram Physics is one subject that can be very fascinating as children can apply concepts and see the consequences immediately. It is less abstract than the other sciences thus leaving little...
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Ideas to enhance learning
Kannan Ramaswamy Teaching that imparts learning is a challenging task. The real challenge for all teachers at all levels is to find out whether their teaching translates into learning. How do we know...
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Teaching physics, the Waldorf way
Gopa Malaker David With inputs from Shailaja L & Ameer Khan In the early years, in a Waldorf school, the kindergarten is spent in free play and listening to stories. Here, learning takes place...
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The biophysics of walking
Geetha Iyer Walking is something most of us take for granted. Modern day lifestyle having turned sedentary, it is now the prime form of exercise. Walking naturally brings to focus the limbs and by...
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Adding the human touch
Subha Das Mollick Many students do not like physics because it is too cold and objective, devoid of emotion. To get these students interested in physics, one may try reading out passages from popular...
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Paper tricks, soap bubbles and more
Partha Bandyopadhyay You often need very simple things to demonstrate experiments that seem almost magical. Here are four simple experiments with paper. Tear the paper into three pieces Take a paper...
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An ice cube on a summer day
Pratyush Tiwary In this short article, we will try to understand a driving force of nature that is arguably one of the most fundamental and omnipresent – yet generally a bit poorly understood by the...
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It’s all in the mind…
Aruna B V What comes to mind when you hear the word “physics”? Some of the responses may be gravity, Newton, boring, electricity, fear, and lenses. If as a student I had been asked this question I too...
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