Stories and ideas worth experimenting with — the history of science in India, the discovery that gave us National Science Day, and the learning science behind teaching by doing.
How a question about the colour of the sea led Sir C.V. Raman and K.S. Krishnan to the discovery that won India its only Nobel Prize for science — and gave the country its National Science Day on 28 February.
How Western science and education took root in India — from colonial botany and the Great Trigonometrical Survey to the Asiatick Society and the Madras Observatory.
How Indians built scientific institutions of their own — the rise of Calcutta's Science College and the golden age of Bose, Ray, Raman, Saha and Krishnan.
Science is a way of life — and the RYSI Award exists to let India's school children experience it hands-on, fun and dynamic, rather than learn it by rote.
Why believing that intelligence can grow — rather than being fixed — changes how a learner approaches challenge, effort and the occasional failed experiment.
Evidence from around the world is clear: social and emotional skills matter as much as cognitive ones in preparing students for the 21st century.
From a 1960s school programme in New Haven to the five competencies of CASEL — how social and emotional learning grew, and why it underpins academic success.
As algorithms, machine learning and the Internet of Things automate intelligence itself, the skills students need are changing — and so must the way we teach.
Two ideas at the heart of good teaching — Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and Bruner's scaffolding — and how the right support helps a learner reach further.
Bring the spirit of these stories into a classroom. Enter a student in the next RYSI season, or explore the topics and resources behind the award.
