In 2009, several students from Bold Park Community School teamed up with the boys of Nepal’s Panchkhal orphanage to honour the visceral and primitive bond we all have with the Earth and the natural world. Bold Park took advantage of the chance to raise donations for Nepal’s less-fortunate children. Since that eventful beginning, schools, families, and early childhood education institutions from all over the world have collaborated to promote the idea that we all need to play in the mud every now and again to remember what it means to be human. After a year of being lost in the...
The Mozart Effect: Commemorating World Music Day
21st June is celebrated as World Music Day every year. To commemorate this occasion, we are going to dive into the science behind the world of music and see how it benefits us. Music is perhaps one of the best things that humans have ever invented. It is the evidence of mankind’s abstract thought, of our ability to create patterns, frames, and a likeness toward them. The first music of prehistoric cultures dates firmly back to c. 40,000 BP of the upper Palaeolithic through evidence of bone flutes, although it is unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in...
A Tribute to Father’s Day
Father’s Day is a day of celebrating and honouring fatherhood and paternal bonds. In India, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of the month of June every year. Let us celebrate this day by commemorating our Fathers! To be called ‘The Father’ of something, in various fields, means to be the man who first started something or one who did it first successfully. Let’s have a look at men who took the first steps into the unknown, who set off in a vague pursuit, to leave footsteps behind for their children to follow! Aristotle happens to be known...
STEM Moving Towards STEAM
For a long time, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been considered essential for teaching critical thinking skills and instilling a passion for innovation. It has been observed that STEM assists in problem-solving and exploratory learning that fuel success across a variety of tasks and disciplines. Recently, a new approach to STEM Education has developed, an approach which includes Arts in the list as well! STEM is now converting into STEAM (the ‘A’ denoting Arts). Why would we include arts now, and why did we not do that before? Let’s first look at why we should consider Arts as...
Ode to Strawberry Full Moon
Are you as excited as us about seeing a pink moon this June? On June 14, 2022 (Tuesday), we will be witnessing the Strawberry Full Moon. It coincides with the summer solstice, which is either on June 20, 21, or 22. The ripening of wild strawberries around this time of early summer is what gives June’s Full Moon its name. The ripening of wild strawberries (gathered by Native Americans) around this time of early summer is what gives June’s Full Moon its name. It even has Celtic names: Horse Moon, Dyan Moon, and Rose Moon. Other English names are Flower...
Celebrating World Green Roof Day
The 6th of June is celebrated as Green Roof Day in order to commemorate environment-friendly green space on rooftops. People all over the world have been shifting to greener terraces and roofs since time immemorial. But what are green roofs and do they really benefit the environment? A green roof is a layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system which has been retrofitted on top of a flat, or slightly-pitched roof. This green roof takes advantage of what we know about plantations in soil-less mixes to create a significantly lighter-weighing garden. There are three main types of green roofs....
The Pursuit of the Universe: Celebrating World Environment Day
Earth – a place where humankind has been endlessly pursuing its own greatness since the beginning of times; a constant pursuit of things in and out of the world, and with it, the plunge into the deep abyss of humans’ own mind, and that of the similarly cold, stark blue ocean. This ceaseless, boundless, unwavering pursuit of knowledge about the universe makes us wonder… How much of it do we truly understand, and how much is left undiscovered? The great blue above and the grand blue beneath have always made us curious about what’s beneath and beyond. This curiosity has...
The Math behind Cricket
What is the meaning of work when there is no play, right? But what is the scenario for people whose work is play? The answer is one that you would least expect – Math! With the Gujarat titans bringing the IPL trophy to their and our hometown, let’s talk about all the math involved in cricket. Yes, you read that right – your school dilemma of whether you can ever use mathematics is now getting sorted! Math is actually the most decisive part of cricket. After all, it isn’t called the gentlemen’s game for nothing. Do you know how you...
Does Wisdom come with Age?
Many people believe that age brings wisdom, but is it true? You see, wisdom does not differentiate between age, class, gender or race. At SciKnowTech, the facilitators know better than to judge a book by its age. Our founders have always put exposure at a priority, because they understood well, that Exposure leads to Exploration, and Exploration to Innovation. At its core, Experiential Learning works on the fundamental principle that exposure is the best teacher of all. Of course, the understanding that longer life means richer wisdom isn’t all wrong, but it surely isn’t universally true. Wisdom is the accumulation...
Decomposing the Myths about Composting
Composting is the most natural and efficient technique for managing organic waste and making natural fertilizer. Talk about hitting two birds with one stone! Gradually, composting is becoming more and more popular among avid gardeners and backyard farmers. We also have reserved the 29th of May to celebrate this technique and spread awareness about it. It is the job of science to bring closure to myths and allow us to clearly see the process behind everyday phenomena. Let’s look at some myths about composting and debunk them right here, right now! Composting at home is not only efficient but also...