Low-Cost Science Experiment Workshop & Competition
Mihir Sarkar, Vinay Gidwaney
Wed Jan 13, 10am-12:00pm, Roth room (E15-283A)
Wed Jan 20, 27, 10am-12:00pm, Wiesner rm (E15-209)
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 13-Jan-2010
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Make a difference during your IAP. Underprivileged children throughout rural India rarely have the opportunity to learn about science and the properties of nature. The Media Lab's India Initiatives, along with UST Global and Agastya International Foundation, is hosting a competition for students to build low-cost science experiment apparatus that can be built with minimal skills and is made up of resources usually found in any rural village in India. Each team of two students will be advised by somebody on the ground in India, working in schools, and with intimate knowledge of the unique challenges of the environment. A panel of distinguished judges will assess your prototype and select the best one. UST Global will offer the winning team an all expenses paid trip to India to deploy their science experiment in a school.
Web: http://india.media.mit.edu/iap2010
Contact: India Initiatives, india@media.mit.edu
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
Latest update: 12-Jan-2010
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