Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Sector 69, Mohali

The school organised a STEM education workshop on its campus. The training programme, attended by 50 teachers from various disciplines, was designed to transform traditional pedagogical approaches. Led by Ritika Khurana, an expert facilitator in STEM education, the sessions focused on experiential learning, interdisciplinary teaching strategies, and the use of technology to inspire innovation. Highlights of the programme included hands-on interactive activities, designing prototypes encouraging educators to create a dynamic and engaging classroom environment. Teachers worked in teams to design and present STEM lesson plans, fostering a culture of collaboration and creativity. The STEM programme promotes using mostly recyclable material. Students construct models such as gliders, submarines, hovercrafts, balloon car, catapult, bio-batteries and parachutes, as a part of their science classes in school. The level of difficulty progresses with each class, as per syllabus, from catapults, aero-modelling, contraption building, to robotic programming. Principal Parneet Sohal said this programme helps to draw real world connections to the workforce and community. STEM projects also provide self-directed, challenge-based learning rather than simply absorbing and regurgitating facts.

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