The 'academic' component of the EE Program covers multiple pillars of the GenWise Curriculum. These curricular elements will be covered over 2 weeks (4-5 hrs/ day), as follows:
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Week 1: Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology (STEM Focus)
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Week 2: Nature, Society &Individual; Tools for Thinking & Communication (Humanities Focus)
Please click on each week to know (MUCH) more...
While children are free to pick either week, we strongly recommend a balanced exposure to the content over both weeks.

Intro to Estimation Skills: Fermi Problems, and more...

A practical introduction to "estimating" anything in our universe! An essential skill (more so in the 21st century, where google can tell us everything - thereby losing opportunities to think in a modular fashion), it's no surprise that this is a standard interview feature for tech/ consulting firms
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2 May 2020
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About the Course
Estimation has always been a core skill, and has become even more so in the 21st century where Google can provide answers at the click of a button. Facts or ideas children learn are often disparate and unconnected. To create meaning and have long-lasting learning, the pieces of knowledge should support each other through their connections. A habit like estimation, exercised regularly, activates the connections between facts and ideas and solidifies them in the learner’s mind. You can read more about this at our blog post here.
On this course, students will learn how to make 'intelligent' approximations, through ‘order of magnitude’ estimates.
They will be led to attempt an assortment of estimation tasks - e.g. # of leaves on a tree, amount of oxygen a mountaineer might need to carry, risks of flying versus road transport, # of endangered animals in a forest reserve, etc. After attempting these tasks, they will discuss what assumptions were made, and how underestimates and overestimates can be corrected.
There will also be discussions on important scientific discoveries involving estimation e.g. How do scientists confidently declare that a galaxy contains 100 billion stars, say?
As an optional project after the end of the course, students can interact with the instructor to study the reasonableness of the Drake equation, which attempts to estimate the number of active, communicative, extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.
Learn more about our expert course facilitator, Sukanya Sinha, here.
About our Facilitator:

Rachit is an electronics engineer who has been designing analog circuits for the past decade. His work experience includes Cosmic Circuits and Cadence Design Systems (which acquired Cosmic Circuits), on the design of integrated circuits for audio codecs, serial interfaces, and phase locked loops amongst other things. He likes to spend his time on reading, understanding audio, building speakers, music, and sports.
Rachit has a Masters degree from the Centre For Electronic Design And Technology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Muralidhar (aka Murali) is senior mentor and course designer at GenWise with 20+ years of experience in the social sector. In addition to delivering Vocational Training to young adults, he is currently responsible for design, manufacturing and marketing operations at a traditional handicraft (wooden toys) enterprise near Bengaluru. Murali has also delivered training and professional development programs for secondary science teachers and 'making' skills to "gifted students" for around 4 years.
Murali has a bachelor's degree in Engineering from IIT Madras.