Tuesday, December 17, 2013
AIS this Saturday
Thursday, December 12, 2013
AIS this Saturday
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2. Science of Exercise
3. Science in Nature
Friday, December 6, 2013
AIS for this Saturday (7th) is CANCELLED
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
RE: AIS Saturday
Hello all
This week’s sessions will be in the other Building-9231 Corporate Boulevard. As I said last week it is the Building diagonally opposite from the old Building. Coming in from Shady Grove, turn into Corporate Boulevard, turn right at the T junction, left and left (instead of right).
Since we will be going upstairs, please make sure no one wanders.
Good news: There are vending machines here!!
Three great sessions:
1. Astronaut Training-who, when, how-the good, the bad and the difficult
2. Chocolate making-the beauty and the messiness
3. Physics is fun
Please be there NO earlier than 8:30-
If anyone has digital pictures of Rocket Launching please let me know on Saturday.
Raj
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
An Hour of Code
All it takes is one Hour of Code.
Ages 6-106
No math needed
No computers either
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Added Presentation PPTs
Pl. see this link.. added few presentation from this year and past.
http://ais-lm.blogspot.com/p/presentations.html
Thursday, November 14, 2013
RE: AIS Saturday
All
We have 3 sessions this Saturday
1. Spooky Science-Since this is a Halloween topic, the teacher wants to do it for the kids that were unable to attend last time
2. Kaleidoscope? How does it work?
3. Mystery topic - electro magnetism
Come early after 8:30 to get a good number.
See you all
Raj
Friday, November 8, 2013
FW: AIS Saturday
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Subject: AIS Saturday
All
We have 3 sessions this Saturday
1. Spooky Science-has made a roaring comeback
2. Something about Bats—you may all start flying
- how bat senses work.
How to read faster
Come early after 8:30 to get a good number.
See you all
Raj
Thursday, November 7, 2013
AIS Saturday
We have 3 sessions this Saturday
1. Spooky Science-has made a roaring comeback
2. Something about Bats—you may all start flying
3. Mystery topic
Come early after 8:30 to get a good number.
See you all
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Fresh Air Weekend: Chris Hadfield, Brandy Clark, Kennedy Conspiracies
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Brings Lessons From Space Down To Earth: The former International Space Station commander achieved Internet stardom with his in-space rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." After three missions and a total of six months in space he shares what he's learned in a new book, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.
Friday, November 1, 2013
RE: AIS this Saturday
From: Raghavan, Raj
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:31 PM
To: Raghavan, Raj
Subject: AIS this Saturday
ROCKET Launching Day
At Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Please get there by about 8:45 to 9:00 AM.
Please find below information from Richard Steiner, the NIST coordinator, who gives out engines.
Please explain that probably the only open entrance is on the east side off Chestnut St. AIS launch is on the fields on the west side near Perry Pkwy. Also, explain to parents that we have limited areas and platforms to launch from, so lines will be inevitable, especially at the start.
Let's try to stagger the arrivals. It isn't staggered enough, but it might help the initial congestion. (Next year we might consider launching longer, but having more staggered times, and expecting the early arriving sites to leave early.) LM at 9:00 NIH, Urbana, LHU at 9:15 NIST 9:30
There will be a notification by 8:00 AM on Bob's telephone 301-975-6035 in the event of bad weather, and a notice on the web site.
Every assistant and site manager should show up between 8:00 and by 8:30 at the latest. We need to get the launch platforms set up, distribute engines, tissues and powder, have people positioned to guide parking cars, and instruct helpers as to what needs to be done to prepare each rocket for launch. We will start closing down around 11:15, so the kids should have time for at least three launches or so. Everyone is also expected to stay for clean up of the area. If parents are helping at the launch platforms, and they decide to leave early, they need to find a new parent to run the platform, rather than bring the launch site back to me and go home. (Hopefully, a few parents will stay to the bitter end, but there have not been many recently.)
To site managers, please inform your parents that we will put safety of the kids above all wishes to "have fun with the toys". We have had several close calls in the past couple of years, with rockets going off prematurely, badly built rockets twisting around to head into a crowd, burned fingers as the kids run to pick up a failure before the back-blast goes off, or the kids try to pull the spent engine out themselves. Even in the distant past, one child had burn spots on his jacket because a homemade rocket flew at him while he was too close.
These rocket engines are NOT TOYS. If their kids bring a poorly built rocket, especially a home-made one that cannot hold the engine tightly or is totally unsuitable for flight, then they will not be given an engine. Unfortunately, last year several kids and parents also brought kit rockets that had not been glued correctly or were missing parts. We will not have sufficient tools or supplies on hand for the kids or parents to repair a faulty rocket at the site. We give out one engine per child per visit to the engine main distribution positions. No engines will be given for future launches.
We will only use my launch platforms, unless new ones made by someone else conform to the safety restrictions for launching rockets.
(Generally that means a stable platform and 3 foot guide-wire with the rocket at the bottom of the wire.) If the emails you send out are asking for volunteers to man the launch platforms, then explain some safety precautions, so I don't have to repeat them several times before we begin launching. (I prefer helpers who already know what they are doing and intend to follow the safety guidelines.) The rocket is not to be launched until there are no people within 30 feet of the rocket.
Clip leads are not to be left connected to the battery when positioning the rocket.
In an effort to speed the launch times, the adults should attach the clip leads to the rocket instead of waiting for the younger kids to do so. The kids can do the last connection to fire the engine.
In the event of a rocket that twists out of control to land nearby, the adult should be watching to make sure the kids do not run to get the rocket, since there will be another back-blast about 3-4 seconds after the main engine cuts out.
The engines are hot, so the children should not try to pull the spent engines out themselves.
(With my Assistants or a trusted adult attending each launch site, we will consider putting a box of spare engines at each site in the event of a fuse failure. Then the engine could be immediately replaced instead of having the kid go back to get an engine and then get back in line.
The spares would have to be strictly controlled at all times and not given out to circumvent the main distribution checks on rocket quality!)
Please follow these safety rules, rather than tell your parents to ignore the cranky guy. If everyone is safe, then we all have fun.
The children's safety comes first!
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
AIS coming Saturday 26th
- Electricity
- Spooky Science
- Money
Saturday, October 19, 2013
RE: AIS coming Saturday 19th
Some kind person left me a ShoreTel coffee mug today.
If it was not meant as a gift(!!), I will bring it next week
Cheers
From: Raghavan, Raj
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 6:42 PM
To: Raghavan, Raj
Subject: RE: AIS coming Saturday 19th
Hello All
Tomorrow is rocket making day.
Please see instructions attached. This is for you to study, digest and understand!!
Both are the same-except for different Windows versions as I was told
I have copies.
Cheers
Raj
Friday, October 18, 2013
RE: AIS coming Saturday 19th
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
AIS coming Saturday 19th
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Session 1
- Chocolate Chemistry - Dr. Vasan
- Computers and Security - Subodh Monica
- 3D Vision - Krishna Samavedam (Presentation PDF PPT )
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
FW: 2013 Adventure in Science starting in October
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:24 AM
To: Raghavan, Raj
Subject: RE: 2013 Adventure in Science starting in October
Monday, September 30, 2013
From Raj..
Sunday, September 22, 2013
2013 Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Project Showcase
2013 Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Project Showcase |
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Dear Parents ... (From Manoharan)
Instructor Resources
Friday, September 20, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
AIS -topic analysis
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- Total number of classes: Oct (4 weeks), Nov (3), Dec (3), Jan (4), Feb (4), March (3)- Total of 21 weeks
- Assuming 3 classes of 20 children (assuming participation by 60 children), we need 63 presentations.
- First two weeks we either prepare a rocket or launch-all of the children work together this therefore leaves -57 slots
- Atleast 3-4 sessions are repeats -topics- illusion, volcano, frog dissection, health-yoga- that reduces the slots to 57-8=49 topics (single presentation)
- The topics that are relevant @basic level (with out complicated math or formula can be chosen from following broad topics:
- Computer (see Sam's list), 2 Physics (electricity, magnetism), 3. Chemistry (kitchen chemistry, soap, candle), 4 Ecology (tsunami, wild fire, pollution, recycling), 5. Biology (DNA, Panda, frog described above), 6. Astronomy (stars and planets, space travel), 7. math 8. food, 9. others.
- The point I am making is that we could poll parents by sharing this info and encourage them to participate.