What if fun could be interspersed with learning? What if curiosity could have creative outlets? What if learning knew no bounds?

We bring to you our protagonists, whose stories we’ve covered and you’ve loved. Why limit the impact to reading about them when you can go ahead and have your children learn the tricks of the trade from them?

1. Where can my child take a course in STEM?

Dr Sonali Dasgupta enjoys creating hands-on experiments for her daughter Srishti and every other child like her who is fascinated by the mysteries of science. With a PhD in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and 12 years of brainstorming on photonics, Dr Sonali finds simple ways to break down complex topics related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in ways that children will find them easy to grasp with, through her initiative, ‘STEMonsters’.

Take, for instance, the concept of buoyancy. Dr Sonali found a way to explain it using aluminium foil folded into a hollow boat-like shape, and placed into a bucket of water. It floated, perfectly explaining buoyancy.

As Dr Sonali points out, “Often academics in Indian schools do not think beyond definitions. While working in some of the best labs in the world, I was exposed to different approaches and watched how kids were introduced to science. I strongly believe our curriculum is one of the best, but it needs an overhaul in the way we introduce it to children.”

The STEMonsters courses are held online on Zoom, and children are grouped according to........

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