Learn more about our project and its goals

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Vishal Rawlley, Teacher- Eco Club, Fr Agnel High School Telaulim field trip, Goa

OUR VISION

To foster a spirit of scientific inquiry around Mangrove ecosystems for middle and high School students across countries which harbour mangrove ecosystems.

To achieve this we have a structured STEM Inquiry module led by scientists at Pikiji Learning Australia and Arts Facilitators at The Pomegranate Workshop, Mumbai to lead students through a complete scientific inquiry and also have them present their work and findings through multiple media including photographs, film, blogs, podcasts etc.

Real change, we believe is when students arrive at their own findings through scientific inquiry, posing their own questions and investigating these questions through structured experiment.

Featured on this platform are student findings in a variety of exciting formats

PICTURE CREDIT Misba Khan, Student- Holy Star English High School Teach For India, Mumbai Vikhroli field trip

Goals and Objectives

Stoke student curiosity about mangroves

Mangroves may be visible all the time to students who live in their proximity, yet these forests in the salt marshes may seldom be looked upon by young learners as thriving and critical ecosystems comprising scores of creatures. The Mangrove Life aims to first make mangroves an exciting field of study for young learners, thereby making it a learning for life.

Bring Indigenous knowledge holders to the forefront of Inquiry

Communities that have traditionally lived by the mangroves and continue to earn their livelihoods through the mangrove ecosystems are treasure troves of knowledge on the ecosystem and also bring to the students a lived experience of navigating the ecosystem every day. The Mangrove Life aims to bring Indigenous knowledge holders to the forefront of the inquiry and provide students with the spectrum of authentic inquiry.

Global classroom exchanges

The Mangrove Life believes in creating strong trans country dialogue between students in countries which foster mangroves. The science inquiry findings are shared by classrooms across the globe creating a global classroom exchange of mangrove inquiry.

Involving multiple stakeholders in STEM Inquiry for Mangroves

Schools, colleges, NGOs, corporates, government, various organizations involved in education are just some of the stakeholders we see keenly adding value to The Mangrove Life through planned collaborations.

Who we are

Pikiji Learning is a First Nations Australian Community driven business, dedicated to meaningful change in education. Pikiji Learning units are created by teachers for teachers with learning grounded in locally contextualized First Nations (Indigenous) Living Knowledges. We utilize living knowledges as scientific knowledges that have been known for millennia and embed it into the current science curriculum through hands-on inquiry-based learning.

To see more about us visit www.pikijilearning.com

Pikiji Learning, Australia

The Pomegranate Workshop is a 16 year old arts education organization based in Mumbai, India. We work with schools across grade levels conducting our year long programs. Our students works like short films have won several international awards and have been featured in festivals spanning the United States, Europe, West Asia and Africa. We have worked with the government as well as consulates to spread meaningful and application oriented learning across disciplines. We work with a vast network of facilitators and our vision is transformational learning through strategies that create learners for life.

To see more about us visit www.tpw.in

the pomegranate workshop

SPOT THE TINY CRAB!

PICTURE CREDIT Jerusha D’Souza, Teacher- Fr. Angel High School, Pilar Telaulim field trip, Goa

WHOSE EGGS ARE THESE?

NAME THE FLOWER

PICTURE CREDIT Gaurav Prasad, Student- Holy Star English High School, Teach For India Mumbai, Vikhroli field trip

PICTURE CREDIT Gaurav Prasad, Student- Holy Star English High School, Teach For India Mumbai, Vikhroli field trip

 

OPPORTUNITIES

Are you a teacher of science, a traditional knowledge holder, a school, a university, a corporate, government, NGO, education organization?

We see strong possibilities for collaboration and urge you to write in to us.

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Gaurav Prasad, Student- Holy Star English High School, Teach for India, Mumbai Vikhroli field trip