Dr Jayaraman will be organising a workshop on climate change in collaboration with Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum. The session has been themed on Earth Day, which was observed recently. Using both fact and fiction, the academic will inform young participants about the fundamental distinction between weather and climate, about climate change and its consequences while discussing the measures to reduce it.

Dr AP Jayaraman

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“The simplest way to create a science story is to turn it into an autobiography. If we use a first person narrative in stories to explain a technological aspect to kids, it creates a better avenue for them to understand the concept, which is called creative science literature,” explains Dr Jayaraman. There is no one-size-fits-all formula in storytelling. If kept factually correct, it is highly flexible for the creator, he adds, sharing that Professor S Sivadas, a creative science literature author who has written nearly 300 science books for children, devised this concept. “Every tiny object has a story to tell. It all depends on how you look at it,” he signs off.

On April 27, 11.30 am to 12.30 pm
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