Box MS-031 Box 1
Contains 26 Results:
Series 1: Published Resources
Measuring the universe with a string and a stone - Transit of Venus Experiment - 2004, 2004
Source guide to making a low cost high powered solar observatory, by Vivek Monteiro. Includes English and Marathi copies.
Draft copy of - Sun-Earth experiments: Activity cards for day time astronomy, 2008
Activity manual, by Vivek Monteiro, Geeta Mahashabde, Priyanka Barbhai. Includes English and Marathi copies.
Basics of astronomy through role play: handbook for science activists and teachers, 2009
Handbook in Hindi. Activity manual for young children to understand earth-sun relationship through role-play and acting
Universal Astronomy: A beginning- simple astronomy in every school, 2013
Handbook in Urdu.
Ask why: A series of experiments for learning about the method of science, 2018
Activity manual in English, Marathi and Urdu to popularise the method of science and promote critical thinking by T.V. Venkateswaran and Anshumala Gupta.
Suryotsav - a handbook of activities for annual solar eclipse, 26 Dec 2019
School experiment manual for the mass observation of total solar eclipse- a part of Suryotsav campaign. Inlcudes English Marathi and Urdu copies
Sun Wonder- booklet on daytime science experiments, 2019
Activity manual for self-study of day-time astronomy developed by Prajval Shastri
Series 2: Publicity & Outreach
Sub-Series 1:Pamphlets, Handouts, Experiment cards
Navnirmiti manual on self-experimentation of sunspots, 2000
Source guide illustrating the vision of Navnirmiti followed by introduction to sunspots and how to project them.
Many signs, one sun- experiment card, 2003
Experiment card to understand the pinhole projector effect.
Surya sandesh - From darkness to light - experiment card, 2004
Experiment card to understand the pinhole projector effect.
Pamphlet for the Transit of Venus- Tra2012, 2012
Includes a brief history on the Transit of Venus, experiment prompts and instructions for the safe viewing of the Transit of Venus.
The Crescent Sun!- poster for partial solar eclipse 2019, 2019
Pamphlet in Kannada on safe viewing of the partial solar eclipse on December, 2019, by Prajval Shastri.
Sub-Series 2: Solar filters/eclipse spectacles
Solar Goggle - Solar Eclipse in India, 1980, 16 Feb 1980
Spectacles with solar filters for safe vieweing of solar eclipse.
Solar Filter-Total Solar Eclipse in India 1999, 11 Aug 1999
Spectacles with solar filters for safe viewing of solar eclipse.
Eclipse Spectacles- Total Solar Eclipse in South Africa, 2001, 21 June 2001
Spectacles developed for Total Solar Eclipse in South Africa campaign.
Eclipse Spectacles- Total Solar Eclipse in India 2002, 4 Dec 2002
Spectacles with solar filters for safe viewing of solar eclipse.
Transit of Venus Spectacles- 2004, 8 June 2004
Spectacles with solar filters for safe viewing of the transit of Venus.
Eclipse Spectacles- Total Solar Eclipse in India 2006, 26 March 2006
Spectacles with solar filters for safe viewing of solar eclipse.
Series 3: Research References
Maharashtra-A socio-spatial analysis of literacy trends with special reference to 2001 census by Barnali Biswas and Saraswati Raju, Oct 2002
The paper interrogates the historical embeddedness of literacy situations in Maharasthtra while examining space and gender interfaces in sex disparities in literacy.
Scientist grandmother's stories by Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar, Jan 2022 - July 2022
Published by Kishore, an inititiave of Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research.