SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Sept 20: A team of IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad faculty members today visited tribal-dominated East Tundi-based Sohnad School, around 40 km away from the district headquarters, and made the students aware of the relevance of science and technology through 3D models and video.
The IIT ISM team under Prof Rashmi Singh, Department of Management Studies and Industrial Engineering, on the occasion, explained to the students about the role of science and technology in the present digital era.
The programme was organized under the science and department project of ‘ Motivate School Students and Teachers’. More than 300 students participated and learned about the relevance of science and technology through innovative communication techniques.
“It also helps students to develop imagination and creativity skills and understand the complex concepts of science. It also allows learners to get exposed to different learning experiences and strengthen their analytical thinking process,” said Prof Rashmi Singh.
Another member of the team, Prof Niladri Das, associate professor of the Department of Management Studies and Industrial Engineering, as a guest speaker said, “The usage of 3D techniques in teaching helps to stimulate curiosity and imagination as well as encourages students for exploration, experimentation and innovation”.
Two project staff, Sumita Biswas and Priti Kumari, were also present in the workshop at the school.
Md Zakir Hussain, principal of the school who was also present during the workshop said that the proceedings of the workshop proved the fact that the 3D techniques offer a better platform to understand mathematics in a whole new way, visualizing everything from basic geometry to fractals giving them a hands-on understanding of the scientific principles that students will need to apply in the future.
“The technique allows concepts to be converted from theoretical mode to physical one,” said Hussain, adding that this helps students to visually and tangibly experiment with a variety of Mathematical and Scientific Concepts.
Sunita Kumari (15), a class 10 student of the school who attended the workshop said, “I was facing some problems in understanding certain sums of Geometry but the models brought here in our school during the workshop helped me to clarify the doubts regarding the calculation of perimeter of triangles, rectangles etc.”
