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YARDSTICK:

OBJECTIVE:

❖ To make learning an enriching and joyful

experience.
❖ To emphasize hands-on or activity-

based learning, which ignites in them a

passion for ‘learning by doing’.

❖ To increase the understanding and the
application of science among children.

To make learning an enriching and joyful
experience.

To emphasize hands-on or activity-based

learning, which ignites in them a passion for
‘learning by doing’.
To increase the understanding and the
application of science among children.
Children today need to be equipped with skills such as observation, analysis and
critical understanding. Yardstick uses several instructional pedagogy to make

learning an enriching and joyful experience for students. Yardstick curricula
engage students to investigate experiment, gather data, organize results, and

develop conclusions based on their own actions. The information gathered in such
activities enhances the development of scientific ways of thinking.

Yardstick investigations are guided by questions. At Yardstick we break them down
into discrete sub-questions as scientists must, that can be explored effectively.
In pursuing answers, students usually start with free exploration of materials,
followed by a discussion of their discoveries. Often new questions arise while
students seek answers, leading to additional student-motivated inquiries with
materials to reinforce and extend concepts.