S2S in the media
Coverage, published writing and the places we have been asked to speak.
Press coverage
Independent reporting on our work, each linking to the original.
Featured
Nature · November 2023
Our story, covered in Nature
Nature, one of the world’s most prestigious research journals, went looking for scientists who had left the laboratory for the school classroom. It found ours. The feature, “Why these PhD scientists swapped research for secondary-school teaching”, profiled founder Pankaj Jain and the work that became Seed2Sapling.
Read Pankaj’s post on LinkedIn, which links through to the full article on nature.com.
In the press
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Times of India · January 2025
Relaunched MadLabs seeks to make science engaging in Bengaluru
A report on the Madlabs relaunch, which stated that the centre had welcomed more than one lakh visitors in its first three years.
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Times of India · December 2023
Demystifying maths: Ganitha Mela 2023, a week-long mathematics fair
Coverage of the five-day public mathematics fair jointly organised by S2S, The Academy Trust and Vishwa Vidyapeeth, with support reported from the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology.
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Times of India · April 2022
Scientists come together to set up park
The launch of Madlabs: a 2,000 sq ft self-directed learning park set up in Bengaluru by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, educators and designers.
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Times of India video · April 2022
Scientist-turned-educators create one-of-a-kind theme park
A video feature on the team behind Madlabs.
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Times of India · February 2022
This Science Day will see new approach to kindle curiosity, make science fun
On Science Week 2022, implemented by the Indian Academy of Sciences and The Academy Trust in collaboration with S2S, with public talks, explorations for students and teacher sessions.
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The New Indian Express · February 2022
Science Week will keep wonders alive for students and teachers
Independent coverage of Science Week's design and the partnership behind it.
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IISc Connect · December 2021
Making learning fun
A long-form IISc story documenting S2S's origins, multi-year school engagement and inquiry-based pedagogy.
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Bangalore Mirror · October 2020
TV time is lesson time for many now
On S2S's televised science and mathematics lessons under PM eVidya and DIKSHA during the pandemic, focused on observation, questioning and thinking.
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Bangalore Mirror · May 2020
Young students can discover joys of science with IISc dons
On Explore@Home, free online science and mathematics explorations offered by a team of PhD-trained educators from IISc and NUS.
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CollegeDekho · May 2020
Free interactive maths and science sessions
Further coverage of the free pandemic learning sessions.
Published writing
Our team writes in I Wonder and At Right Angles, published by Azim Premji University, and has published classroom narratives, science-communication articles and mathematics explorations through Sawaliram, The Life of Science and the Times of India.
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At Right Angles, Azim Premji University · 2022 · PDF
Maths from Simple Grids
By Gowri Satya, Ashwin Guha, Shravan S K and Shivkumar: a classroom mathematics resource, with a published addendum of further examples and extensions.
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Times of India Voices · February 2022
Let's swim, but wait, no swimming
An education essay by Pankaj Jain on curiosity, questioning and learning.
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Sawaliram · June 2021
Outings and musings
Mrinal Shah's classroom nature-walk reflection on inquiry in school science.
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Azim Premji University · 2021
Revelling in our soundscape
Mrinal Shah's hands-on classroom exploration of sound.
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Azim Premji University · 2021
And they took a deep breath!
Mrinal Shah's classroom resource and reflection on breathing and respiration.
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The Life of Science · 2018-20
Author archive: Mrinal Shah
Reporting, interviews and explainers on scientists' work, women in science and public understanding of research.
Events and talks
Science Week 2022
Seven filmed talks by named scientists, all on our channel.
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Prof. Dipankar Chatterji
Chance and Necessity: Emergence and Excellence in Science
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Prof. Rohini M Godbole
From the Heart of the Matter to the Edge of the Universe
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Dr. Kaneenika Sinha
How Primes Keep Secrets
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Dr. Shivkumar M
How to Bring Out the Joy of Doing Maths in Classrooms
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Dr. Vyshnavi Ramesh
Science of Everyday Things: Explorations with Ice
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Dr. Ashwin Guha
Magic of Math through Paper Folding
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Dr. Pankaj Jain
How to Bring Out the Joy of Learning Science in Classrooms
Watch
Teachers' Corner sessions
Recorded sessions for teachers, on how learning actually works.
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Science of Curiosity
Session 1
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Transforming Educator's Lament to Delight
Session 2
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Why and How we Teach What we Teach
Session 3
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Science of Learning
Session 4
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Joy of Learning
Session 6
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The pleasure of finding things out
Session 7
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The Teacher's Corner: What did you ask at school today?
Session 8
Video archives
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Explore@Home playlist
Free online explorations launched during the pandemic, retained as a public archive. -
Science Week 2022 playlist
All the talks and explorations from the week, including the seven above. -
Science for Teachers playlist
Teacher sessions and education conversations. -
Education and NEP playlist
Public conversations on education and the National Education Policy.