Innovation and Science Pomotion Foundation

Innovation and Science Promotion Foundation (ISPF) has been creating and delivering hands-on science programmes since 2012. We currently work with 25, Read more000 Government and Affordable private school children in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Some of the premier schools in the country including the Doon School, Valley School and DPS have incorporated our programme into their pedagogy. The activities are designed using simple, low cost material that are generally repurposed. Each child makes 10-12 working models and experiments in an academic year, with each session lasting 90 minutes (2 school periods). The child continues the exploration by making observations and building variations that are leveraged to help them achieve deep conceptual understanding. The material selection and processes are designed to improve hand skills in 5-8-year group and develop problem solving and creative thinking in older children. ISPF has developed an extensive repository of over 300 hands-on activities using simple materials, covering Physics, Chemistry and Biology topics in III-X standard science curriculum. ISPF, with the RRI Trust (Founded by Sir C.V.Raman) and ThinkTac, has conducted three annual editions of the Raman Young Science Innovator (RYSI) Award that saw to 12,000 registrations in 2019. The Raman Experiential Science Teachers Award (REST), in its second edition saw participation from over 1,000 teachers in 2019.  ISPF, together with its partner ThinkTac, has created extensive content for its activities that are published under the Creative Commons License. This includes TACtivity guides (https://tactivity.in). Wipro, Bharti Foundation, Concern India Foundation, Action Aid, Infosys Foundation and several others have supported ISPF over the past five years, in bringing hands-on science learning into the classroom for thousands of government school children. ISPF has valid 80G, 12A and FCRA registrations. The engagement and twinkle in the eyes of children that have made a TACtivity has been universal. ISPF is looking for donations to expand the outreach initiatives.