Ashima Agarwal

Passionate about teaching, Ashima strongly feels that building a scientific temper is necessary for a happy and self-dependent society. She has been teaching children through engaging hands-on experiments over the years and believes in bringing the real world to the classroom and linking learning to experiential observations. Ashima did her Eco (Hons.) from DU and her MBA from IILM, Delhi. She is associated with the VIDYA group of schools and Police Training School in Delhi. She is a music lover and has a prominent sweet tooth!

Whiteboard Marker Fun Experiment

Here’s an interesting fun activity using Dry Erase Whiteboard Markers, a glass dish, some water and 2 straws. When we sketch some figures on to the glass dish with the markers it gets dried up. Subsequently on adding water slowly, the figures drawn leave the base of the glass dish…

Air Pressure – Steam Engine

Here is an interesting experiment that shows the power of air and its ability to move things. A simple can with some water starts moving and turning vigorously when it starts to heat up. This is because the water in gets starts getting converted into water vapor. The water vapor…

Transpiration in Plants

Today we will demonstrate how transpiration takes place in plants. Transpiration is the process of removal or excretion of excess water from the plants. This normally happens through the stomata on the leaves. Transpiration helps in getting rid of excess water and also helps it to stay cool.   For…