Schedule for 2013 :

I have planned about 100 hrs this year for activities in my rural school.

The other weekends I have planned other activities, this way the school head master knows when I am coming ?

Jun 8 - 22
Jul 7 - 21
Aug  4 15-17, and 31
Sep  14  and 28
Oct 12 and 26
Nov 9 and 23
Dec - have to plan it.

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What I need from you - if you are free - is to share your schedule as well- so I can also visit your school activities and align my other activities, if you don't mind.

I might not come and address - but at least curious to see what you are doing. depending on my schedule.

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If you are coming to my village then - I'd like to know what are the area of interest ?

Is it in General - to 8th, 9th or 10th

or are you going to be doing some demo of some physics experiments ?

or do some quiz on the Constitution of India, or anything like that,

Or conduct a painting competition for younger kids,I have kids in 5-7th graders as well, - the crowd is small and easy to manage.

I'd like to see some quiz like

if a tractor rides on 10 gallons for 20 miles,  calculate the mileage in Kilometers ?

( things related to village folks )

A kg of rice costs 48 rupees in the city, if  the villager sells the rice in the village to the middle man at 30 rupees - how much percentage hike did the city dweller pay ?

A 40 W bulb is used for 2 hrs every day and if it costs 200 rupees monthly light bill, what is the unit charge ?
things like that.

A cut wound on the finger heals at 0.5 mm a day and if the cut is 1 cm,. how many days does it take to heal ? Or how long should the bandage/cast be placed on it.

At this point - we are not going to teach the kids, but a basic evaluation to both the kids and the teachers what the level of aware ness of what they learn't in school can be applied to everyday life ?

A gram of gold costs 2700 rupees, and if the father has to buy 15 gms of gold for the daughter's marriage - what does it cost ?

A gram of gold costs 3000 rupees and a farmer saves 300 rupees a month, how many months does he have to save to buy 10 grams of gold.

A gram of gold costs 3K and if the farmer saves the deposits 300 rupees a month at 7% interest for 1 year in the rural co-op - what would he get at the end of 2.5 years.

( using S.I and Compound Interest )

A waiter at a hotel earns 1500 rupees a month working at a hotel cleaning tables, right after 10'th std.

whereas his brother studies upto 2nd puc, and becomes a Postman and earns 5000 rupees a month. 

How much money does both make at the end of their 5th year.

how much money do they make at the end of their 10th year.

Units of conversion :

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I have done some of these things - but nothing formally.

but since I found you are inclined to Physics and others - I figured raise this .

 

Regards,
Shashi