Arunan Sir ,Abhijeet (KJ Somaiya college, Mumbai)and Rahul(Ashoka University, Haryana)participated as a resource persons in the MS DEED programme held at IISER Pune from 25/11/2023 to 27/11/2023. @Arunan@Abhi0703
6th Semester BSc student Abhijeet with Rahul, PhD student of Ashoka University, both resource persons at MSDEEDS, IISER Pune 25 November 2023 Photo mcarunan.
Great time at gujrat bhavan- NMSF , with @Arunan sir ,satyajit, Smit Lokhande, @Sakshi ,@smiti @~Dhanraj ,@Saida Sayyed CUBE , akansha after the stall session.
Glimpses of the conference:
Microbiology, the jugad way. Cubists Saida presents CUBE HomeLab Microbiology using boiled potato instead of Nutrient Agar plate.
CUBE & Cubists, one year ago, 9 Feb 2023 Lakshmi CUBE Little Flower College, Guruvayur, Kerala, at ISEB Conference at Ahmedabad University. Photo mcarunan
Celebrating one year of ISEB Conference.
@Arunan sir Receiving *best paper presentation award on behalf of Shraddha . @Shraddha &other Co-authors.
The Asian Association for Biology Education (AABE) is a not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to the advancement of biology education and the dissemination of information relating to biology education. AABE’s principal office address is: Philippine Science High School System, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1104. The first AABE conference was organized in 1966 at Manila, Philippines and thereafter, its conference has been held biennially. https://www.aabe2024.com/about-aabe
Indo-japanes meet held on 5/03/2024 organised by Dr.Arunan MC & CUBE NES Ratnam college, where Cubists from different parts of Mumbai were presented and introduced CUBE modelsystems .
Abhijeet’s introduction at CUBE Ratnam College’s Indo-Japanese CUBE Meet 5 March 2024 Photo mcarunan
Abhijeet’s introduction at CUBE Ratnam College’s Indo-Japanese CUBE Meet 5 March 2024 Photo mcarunan.
How it helps in finding out Gaps and Misconceptions and its clarification E.g.: COD & BOD discussion between school and undergrad student.
The Constructivism of Collaboration e.g.:Developing Phone microscopy or TRSV/BRSV Media
How It leads to community building and diversification of Ideas
Flow of Presentation:
Introduction to CUBE and its Philosophy
An approach towards simple model system based research for any any learner.
Glimpse of the before lockdown period
The Lockdown but for CUBE a new dawn
Collaboration is the Key
a) How it helps in finding out Gaps and Misconceptions and its clarification
COD & BOD discussion between school and undergrad students.
DNA Extraction at HOME
Microbiology at home.
b) The Constructivism of Collaboration
1)Developing Phone microscopy or TRSV/BRSV Media
2) Moina macrocopa jsk1 story
3) Phone microscopy
c) How It leads to community building and diversification of Ideas
Celebrated Republic Day: Mango Mapping.
Election time but also an opportunity for nail growth study.
Learning Process in CUBE :
Celebration of Goof-ups.
TINKE, TINTA MOMENTS.
Gaps and Misconceptions:
Conclusion
Aditya & Shivam CUBE Mentors at Indo Japanese CUBE collaboration workshop at CUBE Ratnam 5 March 2024 Teiko & Inaba were the source of inspiration. Photo mcarunan
Indo Japanese Meet of Science Educators at Marine Drive, Mumbai, India 5 March 2024 Photo mcarunan
Exciting discussion at CUBE Somaiya University, Mumbai during, Indo Japanese Meet 5 March 2024, Smiti explains with all excitement.
Exciting discussion at CUBE Ratnam college, Mumbai during Indo Japanese Meet 5 March 2024 Sakshi engages participants.
Workshop at CUBE Ratnam college, Mumbai during Indo Japanese Meet 5 March 2024 Abhijeet & Dhanraj engage participants.
Exciting discussion at CUBE Ratnam college, Mumbai during Indo Japanese Meet 5 March 2024 Aditya engages participants. Aditya, @Sakshi🌼 CUBE Ratnam and other participants.
CUBE orientation programme held at SN College Chempazhanthy on 3/09/2024.Arunan sir invited as a resource person for Introducing CUBE to college students.
1)Along With Dr. Binumol, I introduced CUBE to SN College Alathur on 22/10/2022 in an online program .Twelve students participated.
2)Dhanraj Thribuvan from CUBE Elphinstone College conducted a workshop at NES Ratnam College on 8/07/2022. Moina and Chlorohydra were introduced and handed over to NES Ratnam College.
3)The Botany department of NES Ratnam College introduced CUBE to students from other departments on 22/9/2022. The Zoology and Chemistry departments participated.
4)Cubists from CUBE Elphinstone College conducted an introduction to CUBE. Models such as Fruitfly, Moina, and others were introduced by Smiti and Saida.
5)MC Arunan, Mrs. Jaikishan Advani, and other Cubists introduced CUBE at IWSA on 9/03/2023.
6)Rahul Sunita Kushwaha conducted an inaugural meet at the CUBE Centre, DSMS New Delhi, and held a CUBE orientation session at that school in August.
7)An Indo-Japanese meet organised by Dr. Arunan MC and CUBE at NES Ratnam College on 5/03/2024 introduced CUBE model systems to Cubists from different parts of Mumbai.
8)At Chaitanya College, a CUBE orientation programme in the classroom was introduced by teacher Bhagwati, discussing her research on snails,27/10,2023.
9)Students from St. Peter’s College, Kolenchery, Kerala, started a CUBE workshop and homelab experiments under the mentorship of Dr. Arun A.U. on 19th August 2022. They discussed model systems including Earthworms, Planaria, spiders, Moina, and Hydra. The team consists of four members: Ameera Khathoon E.S., Aiswarya Jayan, Meekha Reji, and Arsha Rajendran.
CUBE outreach programme
ISEB Presentation ISEB stands for the Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists. The conference was held in Ahmedabad from February 9 to 11,2023. Along with Dr. Arunan M. C., Shraddha Sonavane, Theertha M. D., and Lakshmy P. J. participated in the conference, where we represented three posters from CUBE. Among them, the poster presented by Shraddha Sonavane was awarded the Best Paper Presentation Award.
IISER Workshop In 2022, Dr. Arunan M. C. and Abhijeet Singh were invited as chief guests at IISER Pune for a teachers’ conference. In 2023, Dr. Arunan M. C., Abhijeet Singh, and Rahul Kumar were invited to conduct a three-day workshop, where they interacted with teachers from Maharashtra and introduced CUBE to them.
Science utsav in association with bombai association of science education:CUBE presented and published a paper at a conference where Saida represented CUBE. Dr. Arunan M. C., Adithya Joshi, Smiti Gupta, Shraddha Sonavane, Dhanraj Tribhuvan, and Sakshi participated in the presentation,30/01/2024.
From Sapekhati School Susanta Tanti, a teacher at Sapekhati Higher Secondary School, conducted a program at Bamopther Bengenabari Higher secondary School to introduce CUBE to nearby schools in Assam. Twelve schools with 24 students participated in the event,19/07/2024.
Somaiya College National Meet The CUBE National Meet 2023 was held at K. J. Somaiya College from July 20 to 23, 2023. Cubists from different parts of the country participated both offline and online. A total of 17 model systems were presented at the national meet, and awards were announced based on participation and engagement in CUBE.
CUBE Publication
1)Saida et al in NMSF conference
Beyond Boundaries: A Curriculum-Driven Model for Science Education
,satyajit, Smit Lokhande, @Sakshi ,@smiti @~Dhanraj ,@Saida Sayyed CUBE , akansha after the stall session.
