Another amazing day or instead night
for Mount Abu family – A talk with Dr Jani Radebaugh on 7th
May,2020 at 8pm. Students of Mount Abu Public School got an opportunity to talk
to the one of the significant planetary scientist in the world. She is
also professor at Brigham Young University. She is an expert contributor to the Science/Discovery program How the Universe Works. She discovered of Vid Flumina,
a liquid methane river on Saturn's moon Titan
over 320 km (200 mi) long and resembling the Nile river.
She shared her photographs and
memories when she been to Antarctica. Students were amazed and felt lucky to
interact with her. Students from class 3rd to 12th along
with all the teachers of the school attended the session. She provided opportunities
to clarify thoughts, generate conclusions, develop theories, and ask new
questions
This talk
gave the exposure to the learners to new ideas and perspectives, thereby
encouraged the growth of new understanding. It linked the students directly to
space scientist and provided unique, authentic experiences to enhance student
learning, performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
This talk was very successful in
inspiring the students and creating enthusiasm towards astronomy.