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Answers to this week's Tuesday Trivia... The seven base SI units are: ⚖️ kilogram for mass (kg) 📏Metre for length (m) ⌚Second for time (s) ⚡Ampere for electric current (A) 🌡️Kelvin for thermodynamic temperature (K) 🧪Mole for amount of substance (mol) and 🕯️Candela for luminous intensity (cd). 📏The legal-size limit for pāua is 125mm. In the House of Science NZ ‘Measurement Matters / Te Whakahirahira o te Inenga’ kit, an activity called ‘How to take a measurement’, students use tape measures to measure pāua shells and learn the correct way to measure one is along the flat surface. ⚖️Metrology is the study of weights and measurement. 📏Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand ensures New Zealand’s units of measurement are consistent with International System of Units. 🎯And the lovely picture below takes me back to my medical biochemistry lab days where lab results need to be accurate and precise. A little known fact is that five of our resources have been translated into French, including ‘Measurement Matters / Des mesures qui comptent’. The West Auckland branch of House of Science services three Auckland schools that have bilingual Français-Anglais programmes. Thanks to the Embassy of France in New Zealand for funding the translation of the resources.

Effectiveness Study of the Creativity Training Workshop on the Knowledge, Attitude, and skill of Teachers in Deprived Areas: A Longitudinal Phenomenological Study. Afzal Sadat Hosseini, Fatemeh Jafarpoor

Being distracted by temptations is common. However, we must learn to control the temptations and stay focused on our various endeavours, which could be studies, sports, career or any other individual pursuit. This is described as viveka विवेक (meaning wisdom) in Sanskrit language and is regarded as the defining quality of a human being. In fact, we have a very interesting word in Sanskrit called नीरक्षीरविवेक (neeraksheeraviveka). It literally means the wisdom to differentiate between water and milk. In Sanskrit literature, it's described as the quality of a royal swan (राजहंस), which is a fictional bird. Thus, we also must differentiate between what is inferior and what is superior, what can please our sensory organs and what can actually awaken sense within us. This we can do only after developing our wisdom or viveka. One of the tools to develop viveka is Neetishatakam by Bhartruhari. Let's strive to study it.

Most people (adults as well) don't know who Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás is or was. Even if I provided the American variation of that name - George Santayana - the clueless faces remain largely similar in number. Most Indians (myself included) have not studied him nor have found much occasion to stumble upon his works. There was a season (way back) when I confused him with Carlos Santana (another uncommon name in India)! Yet, he is quoted widely for what he said - “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” And if you put this up to your students of 7th grade History, they are bound to ask, both about the person who said it as well as the meaning. I was substituting for a teacher using their plans. I chose to have them experience the quote. I had 1 student (S1) step out of the class (modeling the ones who do not study or remember the past) and 1 student (S2) remained in the class while a bunch of students solved a puzzle/challenge that I gave them. S2 is privy to the trials of the students solving the puzzle. When the group finally solved the puzzle, I invited S1 in and asked S1 & S2 to occupy different corners of the room to solve the same puzzle. S2, having studied the past (the group of students solving the same problem) went about skipping over their trials that didn't work and was heading quickly towards the solution. Now, I was expecting S1 to repeat all the mistakes of the group and voila! I would have demonstrated Jorge's statement. But this is why teaching children is the most amazing way to stay alert & alive! While S2 did not repeat the mistakes of the group, S1 solved the puzzle in a very novel way and finished it way ahead of S2! The class summarised this exercise as: Those who don't know the past can use clever or innovative ways to solve problems! And those who know the past stick to repeating the same methods even if they aren't the best! Sigh!

【JSPS Supports Science 🎥 】 This video provides a brief overview of how JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) supports the promotion of science. https://lnkd.in/eRnepxCe

Ceterum Censeo How the mind works or Cognitive Icon Reading & more like bridging the gaps and learning concepts.

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This is to let you know that I have been appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS corporation by the president of the TUCASI. NISS is a national institute that delivers high-impact research in science and in public policy by leveraging the rich expertise of its staff with that of its base of affiliated organizations in academia, industry and government. https://lnkd.in/ePGgEPQJ #niss #tucasi #ncsu #statistics

Stay curious, stay childish. "In conclusion, our results suggest apparent species differences in the way children and apes deal with uncertainty. When a visible reward is available, apes tend not to explore the other option. Children, instead, are more curious and discover the content underneath the opaque cups faster than great apes—in particular, before the intervention phase. However, once great apes discover the hidden content, they often choose the opaque option, whereas children continue engaging in some level of exploration and diversify their options across trials." Source: Sánchez-Amaro, A., & Rossano, F. (2023). Comparative curiosity: How do great apes and children deal with uncertainty?. PLoS One, 18(5), e0285946.‏ Link: https://lnkd.in/eh7NvjNw

Did you know that a collection of archived NALDIC content is still available for all NALDIC members? Publications such as EAL Matters, NALDIC Quarterly, NALDIC Occasional Papers, Practice Papers or Working Papers were intended to stimulate professional discussions and to contribute to the theory, policy and practice of teaching multilingual pupils. Over the years, these publications covered a variety of topics and themes, including: teaching EAL in curriculum areas; EAL and teacher education; EAL and SEN; assessment and more. Members can download the publications for free from this page https://lnkd.in/eB-hExPh #EAL #naldic #multilingualism