You are absolutely right, and there is no easy answer and solution.
However there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Logic and Scientific
reasoning was not unkwon to Indians. It was an ancient art in our
Hindu-Buddhist philosophy, may not be any more.
Hopefully this type of news will force the system to wake up and learn the
basics again.
Logic:
If there is smoke > there is fire
Howwever if there is fire > there may not be smoke etc etc
For the science projects, they are looking for some basic ideas:
Such as How an egg will boil in zero gravity in Space etc. It will force the
students to think. That is the whole idea.
At what temperature water will boil in Space ? is it at 100 deg C or something
else?
Thanks
Rajen
> From: cmaha...@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:08:33 -0500
> To: assam@assamnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Assam] Student Scientists to Submit Space Station Experiments
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> While it IS an excellent opportunity, it presents some extremely big
> challenges to students who are NOT necessarily
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> strange notions. Unfortunately in MOST of Assam's schools they still are.
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> On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Rajen Barua wrote:
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> > This is a great opportunity for school students to compete internationally.
> > Students in NE between the age group of 14 to 18 are encouraged to
> > participate in the following program.
> > Closing date is Dec 7, 2011. There will be two winners each from Asia,
> > Europe and America.
> > All information are in the NASA website noted below.
> > If any student need any guidance, please ask.
> > Best Wishes.
> > Rajen Barua
> > FASS International
> > Houston
> > rajenba...@gmail.com
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> > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/YouTube.html
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> > Student Scientists to Submit Space Station Experiments
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> > Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum encouraged students to participate in
> > the YouTube Space Lab contest via a broadcast from aboard the International
> > Space Station. (NASA)
> > View large image "Your experiment, 250 miles above Earth, for the whole
> > world to see." That is the promise made at the end of the video on the
> > official YouTube Space Lab contest Website. NASA has partnered with Space
> > Adventures to support this competition. Space Adventures is collaborating
> > with YouTube and Lenovo. Armed with initiative and imagination, students
> > have the chance to envision and design their own experiment with the
> > ultimate prize -- flying it on the International Space Station.
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> > The contest opened on Oct. 11, 2011, and will continue to accept
> > submissions in the form of a two-minute duration video through Dec. 7.
> > Students age 14 to 18 can become researchers in their own right by
> > proposing up to three separate original entries on the official YouTube
> > Space Lab contest Website. Participants can enter as either individuals or
> > in teams of up to three people. Entries must include an experiment
> > question, hypothesis, method and expected results.
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> > Part of the appeal of the contest is the prestigious panel of judges that
> > are lined up to select the finalists, including professor Stephen Hawking,
> > NASA's Leland Melvin, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, JAXA astronaut
> > Koichi Wakata and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, among others. The
> > final selection includes a public vote which will begin via YouTube on Jan.
> > 3, 2012.
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> > "The space station really is the greatest science classroom we have," said
> > Leland Melvin, associate administrator for education at NASA Headquarters
> > in Washington and YouTube Space Lab judge. "This contest will capitalize on
> > students' excitement for space exploration while engaging them in real-life
> > scientific research and experimentation."
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> > As an award, six regional finalists will get to travel to Washington, D.C.,
> > to participate in a zero-g flight. On March 13, two global winners will be
> > announced. The global finalists will get to travel to either Russia, where
> > they can engage in an authentic astronaut training experience, or Japan to
> > watch their experiment blast off into space. They also receive the grand
> > prize of having their experiments performed on the space station and live
> > streamed for the public via YouTube.
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> > This competition aims to inspire students to look beyond their daily
> > studies and ask their own questions of the universe around them. Proposed
> > experiments will focus on either life sciences or physics with the hope
> > that the en
