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Making Practical Science Education Accessible | Charles Ofori | TEDxAdum


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hi so I’m beginning to regret cuz now I

think you will find me that impressive

okay so shut up i phone away my patna

Michael it’s called X technology and it

all started back when our but for my

hometown for pooja Dre anybody ever

heard of okay excellent that’s good

right so when I was young my dad he was

ahead Masada’s so he used to take me out

to record rainfall okay so there was a

small rain gauge in front of the

producer on school in Chartres and my

dad but the headmaster of the finish so

you take me up there so that we could

measure in order a level when I my dream

and they would send it off to GTV and

then do the razalka and then oh there on

the ridge on the train nothing really

inspired me honesty um I was sure

something very simple wasn’t really

complicated was just measuring the level

of the wall tyne and recording it but

then that activity you know because I

was involved in doing an activity sort

of made me feel very confident and I saw

it on television I yeah I recorded at it

and it was nice and it really inspired

me to want to do more it got me curious

and what made me want to do more

so that’s where the story started now I

want to see James and keep the science

club president over there continued to

gain USD and now also Kenya something

very very interesting happen if anybody

has a lot you know try to prepare okay

you know that pounding buds and about

difficult and very annoying yeah yes it

out spawn different what are pardoned

the only thing I could think of it

hasn’t Amy engineer ever done this

before didn’t he was difficult how do we

therefore something you know help us

make it easier you’ve been part of over

100 years craving hot gloves to protect

our hand falls upon it you know and this

was reached realizations now now the

first one is that we pause and if I

don’t you eat it with the glass of red

then you had the circuit but there is

something really wrong with our key now

you see you need it so you can

understand the wall around you and then

you can manage pages and end you can

develop it so if you find one hundred

years we are so over here it means there

is something really wrong with our

ticket now let’s look at the explication

if you look at the data I believe that

the stupid bien trucha casa t it alum

illustrate this you see when we are give

you ought to know something won’t wander

your war brain I was your holy will take

us

and we experiment with me try stuff and

away what’s going to happen when and you

this and when we do these experiences

that we have give us knowledge and he

pitched an idea okay yes yeah I did get

because petite girls let me work now

where we’re babies okay it’s funny how

we left it maybe can’t read or anything

like that trying something and one

that’s what this mysterious and it

pushes in this small just visit okay

this one is easy the good thing the last

time finds out nothing it tried to test

it again because he steals and wants

experiences now it takes a baby about a

year to learn any luck we at all the

matter ends born anywhere in this they

can land a lap reach you it took me joy

yes you have Leeland and my fellows all

I remember so now I will grow further to

continue to do this you know we see a

car like okay how is this like what do

we do we go ahead and try to build our

own costs I don’t know if any of you

ever tried do you know these things

right we like to create things you can

bring together cause that’s how

naturally land we tried exalt you don’t

want Elena by the house we take some

piece of divine and try to clear the

heart that’s all that’s horrible we can

actually be to learn this is a true that

we use at that a real of the car toys

you making now this is this genius

innovation okay or you use this a

perfect circle

I want that where we got that from

experiences track and that’s how we

learn now on to school happens go to

school now that’s a very difficult out

there okay in school it doesn’t really

matter you know your curiosity and that

goes away and if you played ta you’re

afraid of your science master suite ok

English pasta so you mention you land

much as you can pass the exam get good

spirits and then of course how to pour

pattern of also get it right and one

your experiences is those entire place

by memory campus is not enough memory

but you can pretty much saltier everyone

of Education you want you need to read

or watch electron said that’s it okay

are we were in school and all of these

places stuff you know magnet and a

magnet us you know we learn about light

reflection with flight little shaken to

logistical we actually never seen in

real life the real way that I can see

three you know the magnetic lines of

force where are they you know the second

and I remember I I’ll send him the

tunnel system is very very advanced we

have to be product in the class except

of holograms are invisible if it was in

the teacher in the science to describing

the magnetic lines of force hands move

from here and they go from here again

visible Holograms thus preventing school

we are not allowed to predict act of

experience in the thing sticking out our

hands are taken out of the region now

particular set some little the ability

to create is the most important thing

that can happen

and this is so true and we know this and

we’ve known for so long over 50 years

we’ve known that this is a problem I

remember by when I was in primary school

in social studies pitch the system Oh

fast all sizes that he was dead we’ve

known for so long we have an much about

so when I was again ust commenced my

father Michael and they were like okay

but enough is enough we need to find a

solution to this problem and this was

more the kids when we read a report by

their own countries in the world you

don’t offer oxen science education and

got our fast yes in 2015 there enough

playlist and the only eight confirmed

also that this was our Africa and to

ingest in front of us so we shall be at

you finally finish not at that time and

it took us about a year okay and a lot

of sleepless nights a lot of mosquitoes

but you finally ended it created a tool

created a product that will bring the

wonders of science education to every

student and I’m going to take our bodies

in a bit now one of the things we very

important was the beginning was cost you

know if you doing in it is our part of

the world because that is up but

what job is too expensive forget it he’s

over it anyway and it is too difficult

to implement is gone it really happened

so we have to be calm down was

affordable and easy to implement so how

do we do this well you know we talk if

you know you can build allowed for every

school right because expensive

right you can’t do that so we talked

what if then we made that up alarm so we

don’t need to build s send the gloves in

the classroom okay let’s be fair enough

contest boom or we said what if you

can’t really put a lab on the strip what

if we took that material starvation

before before the fundamental

experiments and activities we make

miniature versions of these materials we

put it all together in something

portable and then we give it to every

student make it accessible so that

everything would have one put in them

come to class with it so we just like

your message what if we created a

science it so merging if decided me

about you big teacher comes the all

today the multi-layer boards let you can

say get out your science and take your

opponent let’s go to take it hold steady

magnetism so bring out your solenoids

and things and let those a minute

remaining if you about foot individual

component okay from the solenoids the

iron and today Polenz with this

capacitance transistors bothers me rose

all of these that you need to perform

video of comedy fundamental activities

and then you miniaturize them make it

small enough gender equal split on a get

fit in a mark and you do anything so we

tried it and we did it

and I’m happy to introduce you the signs

it so now the sign set allows students

perform some of the basic experiments so

finally the Rays are visible dissidents

can see it right on your desk you

followed them they can perform the

experiment visualize the wrist then

measure the angles of reflection and

everything very very engaging

electromagnetism for the feather like

when we finish building they said I saw

the magnetic lines of force Electrical

seconds come alive right I light a bulb

you can make a buzzer sound you can do

really a lot of interesting stuff I love

it narration from the science lovers

believe me you’ll be surprised I’m good

the diner is level you may think for

some really advanced engine test because

the activities in there you wouldn’t

believe it very public very complicated

and sometime this year do if in

productivity that day you can’t blame

them so you guys know how to peel a

carrot but I’m not day so if we can be

really beautiful and over the course of

our implement there’s a sound that is my

favorite sound like a student performs

on experiments say a light experiment

see the race and then they put a better

day and then reflect they were like uh

huh that has been my favorite sound in

the world and I think also this is

probably one of the most beautiful I’ve

ever witnessed now look at the face of

that girl over there

I she typically involved in what is

happening just can’t wait to get her

hands on the home and this is huge with

experience during the course of an

injection so we formed a company called

next but next time I’m gonna be no

Dexter Dexter love all right so Michael

and I really like next time not to move

we’re young so Zen power company Dexter

ten decks and funny enough next door

dexterity to throw explain making fun so

we select that we Michael and I go way

back that’s my glue mother Manatee and

Michael is full of ever meant that

Camille anything just think to build it

yes and I’m going like you to happen so

together we decided like a mini Adam you

produce in sciences telling two screws

up mastery and in accra and we realized

one thing that the problem that we are

facing be dedication or corruption or

whatever we don’t just have to look out

social a little sweeter intrapreneurship

you know social Manjit infuse and you

know nonprofit organizations we need

design tradition a big profit we need

find these solutions a big business out

of them because that way some of it over

to come back you continue developing and

things yet getting better and it’s

sustainable you don’t need to wait for

somebody to give you a grand or some

eggs or something wagon do something

because you have a business is running

people have a problem you solve it for

them flip it for it you keep going and

this is like where we did so if you

produce designer than selling two screws

in a cry intimacy and now we

you’ve trained teachers are all around

sometimes I will grow I remember going

to scream demasiada visionaries and

apprise the channel 51 are we to form is

a few times and tells the waiting part

and another second imagine if instead

it’s cool effect vitamin E was a wet

about you know I had my sights on the

next Adam I came and the video of the

words in front so we’ve been training

the teachers because you need to give

them to change that we can really

understand how to use the materials and

i’m russell white with organizations

donate sign set up to toms loosen

indicates no not every but after now it

is affordable right but not a photo for

everybody currently the sep 25 series oh

that is the phone over yet but the

father thank you it is a horrible bad

but it’s still not a focus of ego that

one event is somebody’s money income

don’t you know so alright so we work

with organizations we brand design set

for them so far in some the Nedbank

tells us fix that for you know community

we brand it you know with the net bang

you can go in the little to that

community so you something blue bangles

um and what the railroads it was not a

run a campaign online and go for me and

people donated the dates enough

definitely Brandon’s death which one aim

to get a sense from maya and all of this

stuff on chartres by the women so it’s

really really interesting in and

ambition is that one day every kid

these kids are having you’ll be able to

platform aight experiments if you want

to perform Agnes’s experiment you’ll be

able to imagine how how do africa is

going to stop imagine if can convey that

I was in New Vegas watch imagine if you

had access for this is when you were

stupid way would be right now and there

are thousands of people like that all

day middle of them across Africa but

because you really don’t have the

experiences that will get them ready

knitting it if we are going big things

change you’re going to make it happen so

now this is called a human clothes so um

is a mind map ok so the portion of the

body and it is fact or the amount of

capacity of the brain ok demins how big

it is over here ok so Tory’s on stem off

you know what connections to bring we

use your mom you’re talking in a kitchen

or whatever you do it instead of signals

you’ve ridden and a lot of wrong places

your brain lights up ok so it’s fine big

dude and you remember their hand in the

biggest body part the Han has the most

connections inside degree so when you

freeze up be done via London so um we

are hoping that in the future very soon

every kid be able to have in size don’t

see the hands of it dammit my name is

cows and I’m Cassandra

and a crazy and talking from the other

head off before you can try know them up

unless the very big mob and I have one

doubt that physical so I couldn’t get up

something out of my mind to I worked out

all the physical guys he’s on my blog

you Africa blogspot com and i’ve also

helped developed a product that would

erase education in Africa this one

half-done and my question to you it’s

what I just before long just ask you a

question is is it for primary HS s HS or

university okay that’s great thank you very much

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