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Vision
The vision of this inquiry oriented hands-on project is for the children to have awareness about earthquake, its causes
and effects and to build a basic understanding, how houses are built and how a better house design can prevent the
after effects of an earthquake.
Overview
Children build on their basic awareness about earthquake and the tragedy in Nepal, find out more about the tragedy
by reading and collecting information, from newspapers and from the people around them.
Once children gain awareness and understanding of how big of a calamity an earthquake could be, they try to
understand its cause by building a working model of an earthquake. They also study the seismicity of Uttarakhand,
through tectonic plate structures and the possibilities for some of its districts to encounter an earthquake in future.
Children engage in discussions to understand, how precautionary steps of improved housing schemes could be taken,
to avoid the severe effects of an earthquake and put their design skills to test, by actually designing their own housing
structure and putting it to test. Through this process, children realize the basic faults in their designs and in the
prevalent construction schemes.
Children then learn about the basics of shapes & structures and learn from people around them, working in this space,
to improve their initial designs. After acquiring all the knowledge, it is imperative to apply ones learning to test. It is
then children work in groups, to improve their house designs and create a robust and earthquake resistant housing
structure on the ground.
After watching the videos on Nepals earthquake children try finding more about the tragedy and its effects through
newspaper cuttings.
Kamal, Rupal & Rachna write things that they would want
to tell others about Nepals earthquake
happy faces
Children put their ideas test using blocks to replicate simple brick-on-brick construction
Presenting their idea and design before testing for earthquake resistance on the shake table
Jai and Amans designs. As per them these roofs add more
stability and also takes care of the snow in winters
Children visit an earthquake resistant building to see the triangular beam structure in use
Poonam Di and Thakur Da working and assisting children on their model houses
Laying foundation
Aman and Himashu come to school early so they could get more time to work
The Team!!