Proposal+and+Ideas

__ACTIVITY__ - PROPOSALS AND POOLING OF IDEAS RESOURCE PERSON – KARURU, F.N. Knowledge is supposed to make us free, free from fear of what we should not fear, free to fear what needs to be feared. The African could be accused of never having real knowledge, we are more often parrots reciting what the white man, the Arab and other races tell us. We are too ready to believe, to believe anybody and everybody. For us to have knowledge of our own we need to interrogate what is around us – how does a radio work, how does a fountain pen work, how are babies made. To think we need the language of thought, which is knowledge related to the area in which we would like to think about. Thinking is synthesis from what we know. Consider a simple item like a bi-convex lens. We are told it refracts light to concentrate it at a point and in the process burn a piece of paper. The amount of light concentrated is directly related to the diameter of the hand lens. Right ? So the amount of heat transferred to a beaker of water by such a lens focused on the surface of the water is the same as the amount of heat transferred to a beaker of water of the same diameter as the lens. How about the diaphragm of the conical speaker as found in your radio, phone and many other items? It vibrates to produce music, each note of the instruments that make all the music? __ SOME TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THEMED SCIENCE CONGRESS __
 * 1) Invention/discovery
 * 2) Modifications/new applications
 * 3) Synthesis
 * 4) Reports on field studies
 * 5) Extractions
 * 6) Manufacturing
 * 7) Recycling
 * 8) Public interest
 * 9) Expositions of fundamentals of science

__ SOME PROPOSED IDEAS TO BUILD UP ON __ The Chinese model dissected || || || Dissolving wood || || || Microtome || || || Heat-free ironing || || || Making and packing baker’s yeast || || || Extraction of dairy products e.g milk powder, cheese, ghee e.t.c. || || || Solar iron box || || || Power free radio || || || Wind operated power generator || || || Wind assisted bike || || || Hook`s law || || || Recycling-old pens, match boxes, condoms, chalk || || || Condom consumption || || || Contraceptive prevalence and poverty || || || Poverty defined || || || Bicycle mobile charger || || || Solar-centric harvester || || || Perpetual motion machine || || || Mobile phone and security || || || The soap-ness in soap || || || Economic growth || || || Family size and poverty || || || Statistical significance || || || Cement, a comparison of brands, setting times || || || Demonstration of the strength of bamboo || || || Metal extraction from ore || || || Making analog watches || || || Tanning leather and its products || || || Biodegradable packing material || || || The science of an opinion poll || || || Digital rosette wheel, one key phone || || || Motor cycle helicopter || || || Prophet Karl Marx || || || Private sector - the new colonizer || || || Let the @*!t hit the fan || || || Ancient technology reloads || || || Ancient project reloads || || || Resonance and water pumping bridge || || || Traffic control using electronics, transistors || || || Radio receiver modified to classroom settings || || || KCSE results by phone || || || School reports to parents by phone || || || To drink sea water, and live to tell || || || Indigenous plants and the science of their medicinal extracts || || || Soil-free agriculture || || || The moon and climate || || || Derivation of formulae || || ||
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