Science Learning Tools in Secondary Schools
Kelvin Paul
Tanzania's STEM Education pioneer | Innovator of @mitzkits @chemcheemi | National innovation finalist 2019, 2024 | #SDGInnovationChampion | Chapter Ambassador @technovation
Science Should be Fun in Tanzania.
Aim is to provide the best interesting science handouts workshops and experiment kits for science students and teachers so as to make science the interesting path for education in Tanzania and then expecting to produce competent scientists and engineers. MITz Innovations has come up with a project to design, manufacture and sell cheap and portable Science learning and teaching aids to help secondary schools teachers use them for teaching sessions at school also students can use them at home during self studying for visualizing the theories. Three type of products explained bellow have been released to be publicized and can be sold to whoever needs them.
M - CROV APPARATUS.
M - CROV apparatus consists of one DC Voltmeter, Digital multimeter & Rheostat in a wooden case. With this simple apparatus the fundamental Ohm's Law of how current, voltage & resistance depend on each other can be demonstrated effectively.
Also with this apparatus a student can verify the formula for Resistors in series and Parallel simply by connecting resistors in either a series slots way as shown on the apparatus or in a parallel slots way and then set the device in R mode and the digital multimeter in resistance mode and read the values respectively.
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M - CSC APPARATUS.
M - CSC apparatus consists of one DC Voltmeter, in a wooden case. With this simple and portable apparatus the very basic definition of Capacitor as device that stores charges can be demonstrated effectively.
With this apparatus a student can verify the theory that capacitor can charge and discharge, and the amount of charge stored can be used as voltage and affect electrically any conductor connected to it.
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M - DIODE APPARATUS.
M - DIODE is a simplest and portable device assembled in a wooden case. This simple and portable apparatus helps the students to demonstrate the working of very basic three diode types, Photodiode or light dependent resistor (LDR), Light emitting diode (LED) and rectifier diode.
With this apparatus a student can verify the theories of photodiode (how ldr function when there is light and when there is no light), also how a LED works with its protective resistor and lastly and important the theories of forward bias and reverse bias.