Madam Curious
Seriously Cool Science For School
Madam Curious is on a mission to teach kids the art of critical thinking and problem solving, through Science.
We at Madam Curious, are a small group of passionate educators and scientists
who are striving to make a difference in the field of education. Everything we are creating is available to use free of cost.
What We Are Trying To Do
Children are born curious. They observe, question, challenge, tinker and create!
BUT, as they move through an education system that often rewards rote learning,
they run the risk of losing these invaluable abilities - the very abilities
essential for today's children to become the builders of a better tomorrow.
Comprehensive and important India-wide studies, such as the National Achievement
Survey (NAS) and the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), clearly
acknowledge this problem.
At Madam Curious, we want to nurture and hone the innate thinking and problem solving
skills in children, early enough that they become ingrained forever. Being scientists
ourselves, we aim to do so through the medium of Science.
How It Works
Madam Curious is ideal for 5th to 8th graders who understand simple Hindi (and optionally English)
#1
Spend just an hour a week...
Using Madam Curious is as simple as spending half an hour twice a week with your child, watching short, engaging slice-of-life films and chatting with our friendly "teacher-bot".
#2
...watching entertaining short films...
Our videos are nothing like typical science lessons. They are mini-movies - stories that show natkhat kids encountering everyday stuff and getting curious. We follow them as they observe, question and reason, uncovering the underlying science behind the things they see and do every day. It's fun and engaging way to spark curiosity and inspire a love of learning in your child.
#3
...and chatting with our friendly "teacher-bot".
Follow up each video with a chat with Madam Curious, our friendly teacher-bot, where she will guide your child through a series of questions. The chats are designed to deepen conceptual understanding and strengthen critical thinking. Madam Curious loves to chat, and she may joke around sometimes, but make no mistake - she means business!
Sample Content
Concept: Pressure In Solids (The Basics)
Watch the video, then try the chat
Creators
An education system that often rewards rote learning goes against a
strong understanding of concepts, and inhibits the development of
critical thinking & problem solving skills.
This is really unfortunate, because these very qualities will be necessary
for today's children looking for fulfilling careers in the years to
come.
We are a passionate team of people who want to help nurture and build
thinking and problem solving skills, early enough that they become ingrained forever. Madam Curious is
the result of building, rebuilding and refining our learning content
and its delivery mechanism based on a lot of feedback from educators
and early users.
Saumya V Kanoria
Cornell University, U of Illinois Urbana Champaign, computer scientist, entrepreneur
Vivek Dadu
IIIT - Allahabad, ex-Microsoft, teacher by passion
S K Amarnath
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, NIT - Karnataka, computer scientist, software architect