Khagol-128-OCT-2021

| KHAG L | No. 128 - OCTOBER 2021 | 12 A series of online interactions in Marathi, especially designed for Zilla Parishad (ZP) schools in and around the Pune district, was started fromSeptember 2021, in coordination with the ZP Education Office. In the series, every Saturday will have a session dedicated to different audience groups. First Saturday: Science Toys/Experiments, based on surrounding objects and phenomena for students. This sessionwas coordinated by Shivani Pethe. Second Saturday: Second Saturday Lecture/Demonstration Programme for students, by various scientists and expert. Third Saturday: Live Teachers' Training, was coordinated byAtharva Pathak. Fourth Saturday: Basic Astronomy for students. This session was coordinated by Tushar Purohit. This programme was initiated by Sonal Thorve, and Rupesh Labade. The videos are available on the IUCAA SciPoP YouTube channel. Similar programmes are also planned in other languages soon. • • • • Special Series for Zilla Parishad Schools, Pune Following the series of workshops started in May 2021, the Zero Shadow Day Celebrations, were conducted online on July 17 and 25, 2021, at Kothari International School which culminated with an inter-school event onAugust 21, 2021. Students from 7 schools across Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh presented their findings and experiences of the experiments they performed. Around 150 students and teachers attended the online event and learnt about the ZSD. Samir Dhurde was invited as a guest on the culmination day, and he interacted with students. The event was designed and coordinated by Sonal Thorvewith the help of teacher organisers. Zero Shadow Day Celebrations A Workshop on Astronomy and Telescope Handling to train teachers was organized on July 9, 2021, by the Discovery Science Centre, Kerwadi, and Samaj Kalyan Ashram School, Naygao in Nanded District of Maharashtra. The workshop was conducted by Tushar Purohit, and 28 teachers attended this workshop, and learnt about telescope handling, Workshop on Astronomy and Telescope Handling operating, and conducting skywatches, and related basics in Astronomy. Asimilar workshopwas conducted onAugust 4, 2021 atWada, near Rajgurunagar. In thisworkshop, 30 teachers participated.