Avanish Utsav

🔬 Connecticut College freshmen explored the microscopic world with Foldscope during their Science Leaders pre-orientation program.

📷 Featured in Connecticut College’s August in Pictures:
www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...

#foldscope #microscopy #scienceforall #stemeducation #connecticutcollege

Effects of microplastics on the bones: a comprehensive review - Osteoporosis International A growing role for the skeleton in human health and longevity emerged recently. However, knowledge regarding the effects of new risk factors, linked to modern life, for bone diseases is not documented...

🦴 Microplastics and bone health

A new review finds microplastics can accumulate in bone tissue, altering cells, weakening structure, and potentially linking to diseases like osteoporosis.

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#SciComm #Health #Plastics 🧪

"By stepping back slightly, I saw them step forward
and take charge of their learning."
"Stepping outside the classroom has the potential to transform not just the scenery, but our pedagogical approach in powerful ways." -Avanish Singh

Empowering students to become active learners - how powerful!

My article based on an outdoor #science class with #primary #grade #students in nature using @foldscope.

Can an outdoor activity with a blade of grass reveal and challenge students' ideas about the actual and apparent sizes of objects?

publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/6331/1/20.%2...

😅😅

#Mumbai to #Pune ride is picturesque throughout ❤️

#Educator should create innovative didactic tools to teach consequences of #war in their classes.

#NoToWar #IranIsraelConflict

An interesting interplay between a parent and #school. Alot to learn from about parenting and schooling.

If #schooling remains as factory setup it will be nothing more then a tool for harbouring trauma in childrens and will keep on sucking all the joys from life.

But struggling with the interface.... Uff !!!

One of the very beautiful educational resource i cane across that complement authentic learning environment is @vegplotter.bsky.social ….a must try for all #STEAM educators!!!!!

Here you go with the simulation.

avanishutsav.github.io/AMr/

Why completing your #dosage of #antibiotic is important?

What will happen if you skip your dosage.

I am using Generative #AIs to write create #simulations.

@prakash_lab

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Here is a detailed post about the process written by my colleague documenting as a micro-blog.

microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/7A9JMLz...

I with my friend @edurafi(not on blusky) attempted to find #micrometeorites. We followed a method suggested by @prakashlab.bsky.social.

We used the @foldscope tools for observing and measuring.

Here are some photos.

#cosmos #meteor #meteorites #edusky

A week long Rachana Residential Winter School 2024 started at #TISS. To be #teachers from across India under one roof to explore #inclusion in #education and much more.

A week long Rachana Residential Winter School 2024 started at #TISS, #Mumbai.

To be #teachers from across India under one roof to explore #inclusion in #education and much more.

Graphical abstract of science paper 'bumble bee damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production' with a list of the authors on a grey background. On the left is a watercolour illustration of a bumble bee damaging a plant leaf with the description 'when hungry for pollen, bumble bees use their mouthparts and mandibles to damage plant leaves'. this illustration is connected by a orange arrow to a watercolour drawing of a flowering yellow black mustard plant with a bumble bee. This has the description: 2) the damage inflicted by bees causes plants to flower earlier than paired control plants.

🌟 Throwback to my 2020 research published in @science.org 🌼🐝We showed how bumble bees actively shape their environment—making plants flower earlier to meet their needs. Nature’s engineers in action!🧪🌏
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The fly is a “freeloader fly”, family Milichiidae, which scavenge from insects caught by predators.

Wow... Wonderful!!!

What is happening here? Hypothesis time!!!

This is Interesting Alex!!! Looking forward to reading the full paper.

Cheating is now so rampant that uni degrees have become worthless The university as we know it is dead. COVID-19 nearly killed it, and AI has dealt the final blow.

Interesting #OpEd in today’s #SMH talking the impact of #GenAI on #higherEducation that I found triggering. The issues it highlights is the issue that how we assess is broken. The degree is not worthless, our assessment methods are. Time to change the system. #EduskyAi #AIEdu

Project 2025 has an agenda for public schools-destroy them and make parents shop for schools with vouchers. It whittles away protections and support for LGBTQ and disadvantaged students and students with disabilities. https://www.tiktok.com/@network4publiceducation/video/7392231741714484526

🚨🚨The LLM Effect: Are Humans Truly Using LLMs, or Are They Being Influenced By Them Instead?🧑🤖

This is a massive question that is both important and timely.

📜https://aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-main.1230/

w/ Sabrina Akter, JP Singh, and @antonisa.bsky.social

Accepted to #EMNLP2024 Main,

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A #yellow #spotted #millipede coming out of his hole.

Interesting is to note its coming out in back gear and makes the forward move after whole body is out of the #hole.

#insects #bugs #nature

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Just realised the typo making a different meaning of the text @hollyastuart.bsky.social

Definitely #appreciation of the beauty l will be like building affective route to the #content.

#Observation as a result of some time spent in #Kitchen #garden.

#birds #insect #bugs #spider #nature

Would like to get included if there is a community in India.

Photos from a nature walks. Trees and participants observing tress.

#Nature walks are always a joyful experience.

It added more to the joy when guests from 5 different countries joined in my recent walk at #TISS campus #Mumbai.

Thankyou Shruti. Will visit there soon.