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Science
Nepal Education, Parenting, Science July 17, 2018, 3:08 pm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lack of basic science literacy and the desire and tendency to copy western cultural practice has lead to, in Nepal, adoption of some questionable practices. This particular one is the celebration of birthdays but with Roman candles on the cake and use of foam spray even in the presence of naked flame! Why are they an issue? Roman candles contain toxic chemicals and canister sprays, in the presence of naked flame, is highly highly flammable! . . . → Read More: When in Rome…
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Science December 10, 2017, 11:57 am
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is for those interested in information about vaccines and more specifically for the anti-vaxxers. . . . → Read More: Insufferably Intolerant Science Nerd’s Science-Based Vaccine Information
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Science, Teacher Education November 27, 2017, 2:14 pm
Reading Time: 1 minute Video of the workshop I conducted at the Innovation in Education Fair in Pokhara last September. . . . → Read More: Innovation in Education Fair Pokhara: Air Fire Water
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Science, Teacher Education July 12, 2016, 2:28 pm
Reading Time: 5 minutes Why in Nepal we must teach our children to THINK and how we can do that in Science. . . . → Read More: Teach For Nepal: Critical Thinking
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Science, Teacher Education July 5, 2016, 8:39 am
Reading Time: 3 minutes Teachers in Nepal can vastly improve Science teaching just by changing the way they teach. And for that, they don’t need fancy buildings and the latest resources and gadgets. Just using what’s available at the school and what is accessible locally, science can be brought alive and made relevant to the students, thereby improving the learning outcomes of the students. . . . → Read More: Grade 5 Science at Jana Uddhar: A Field Trip
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Science, Teacher Education July 3, 2016, 2:04 pm
Reading Time: 3 minutes We are making gains, we are making progress…albeit small and slowly, but some day will amount to something substantial…that’s what I am hoping anyway! . . . → Read More: One Small Step for a Science Teacher, One Giant Leap for Science Teaching in Nepal?
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Science, Teacher Education July 2, 2016, 6:34 pm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Teaching science to fifth graders at Jana Uddhar School without using a textbook. . . . → Read More: Grade 5 Science at Jana Uddhar: Life Processes
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Science October 13, 2014, 1:32 pm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Part of the fun with teaching and studying secondary Chemistry is in the experiments, especially the dramatic variety–the explosive variety! . . . → Read More: Explosives?! What Explosives?!
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Projects, Science, Social Business for Education August 12, 2013, 4:30 pm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sustainability of development projects is always an issue. In our efforts to ensure that our projects are sustainable, and addresses a number of related issues faced by struggling communities, we establish Social Business for Education (SBE) projects. The blog post describes in details what SBE is. . . . → Read More: Project Update: Fishery as an SBE
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Buddhism & Spirituality, Science August 6, 2013, 5:00 pm
Reading Time: 2 minutes All about compassion and why I believe in it and have been a proponent of all my life! . . . → Read More: The Science of Empathy And Buddhism
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About me..in short I am a Tibetan-Buddhist, one-time International Chemistry/Science teacher with a Jesuit education in a Hindu country (Nepal), an international education in a catholic country (Italy), a liberal arts education in the bastion of freedom and democracy (the US), with teacher-training down under (Australia), but whose choice of musical instrument is Australian (the Didjeridoo), choice of sports is American (Ultimate Frisbee), choice of dance genre is Latin American (Merengue and Salsa), and yet, still has faith in the permanence and power of change!
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