Carved snake in soapstone, c. late 19th century, Agra. Permanent collection of Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum. Pics courtesy/The Museum

Shreeja Nambiar, program curator at STEAM Academy, shares that the session will be like a virtual walkthrough of the museum through Google Arts and Culture. "We will address evolution, classification, taxonomy and Darwin's theory of evolution," she says. First, an expert from the museum will expose students to the historic background of the objects related to the theme, Nambiar explains, adding, "Then, nuclear scientist and STEAM founder Dr AP Jayaraman will give a high-level perspective regarding evolution, how species change over time, and why it's important to study evolution. Next, biologist Abhishek Arekar will address the finer aspects of the object." This way, the children will get to see the same artefact from three perspectives — that of a historian's, a scientist's and a biologist's, Nambiar elaborates. She adds that two objects have been chosen for this session — a carved tortoise in soapstone and a carved snake in soapstone, both from c. late 19th century, Agra, and part of the permanent collection of the museum.

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There will be a Q and A chat in the end for kids to learn more. "The idea behind these sessions is to encourage scientific thoughts in the minds of children through STEAM's unique storytelling format," Waghmare-Baptista sums up.

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