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Awareness Game
Know your dominating emotions and mental
state
Sunipa Sen
2/13/2010
Feb. 13 Solar System: Self Awareness Game
Solar System
Pedagogic Strategy:
Based on Joyce’s Four Major Models of Teaching: The fourth model: Social Family form of teaching
is applied for collaborative learning along with simulation: gaming form to reinforce the learning
process.
Objective:
Participants learn to be understand each other and be aware of their own abilities and
personality traits
Participants become aware of the characteristics of the nine planets of the solar system and
henceforth use them for self analysis
(For School Education) blend emotional learning with the formal curricular learning: an
instance of blending two or more subjects or disciplines that are part of the curriculum for
“Application Based Learning”.
Two placards with Words “START” and “STOP” written on either of them.
Colour powder of nine different colours for the nine planets and orange colour for “Sun”.
All the participants to get together and draw on the entire surface area of the floor, the nine
planets around the sun using the colour chalk or chalk powder.
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It is preferably an open air (outdoor) game. Preferred location can be an open basketball or
volley ball court with cemented floor; courtyard or large terrace space.
A large diagram of the Solar System made with the help of the colour powders (viz. Chalk or
chalk powder) to cover the entire floor space of the venue for the game.
Please take a printout of “A” Facts about the Nine Planets (For all the participants.)
Please take a printout of “B” Characteristics of the Nine Planets (For all the participants.)
All the props will be given to every participant before beginning the activity.
The “Start” “Stop” placards will be used by the facilitators to begin or end the activity.
1. The participants to individually read the handouts within the allotted time of 10
minutes, which begins as soon as the facilitator shows the placard “START”.
2. The participants stop reading the handouts as soon as the facilitator shows the
placard “STOP”.
3. Within the next 10 minutes, the participants to get together and based on the
information from the handouts; categorize (define the personality type) each of the
nine planets according to the personality traits mentioned in Hand-out C. The time
for this activity is marked by “START” and “STOP” placards.
4. The characteristic nine forms of emotions (RASAS) and eight mental states or
expression of emotions (BHAVAS). Facilitator should make it clear that all the
participants have completely understood the interpretation of emotions.
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5. Group will be given and allotted time of 15 minutes to fill the Matrix, which will have
a planet represent an emotional form. It should be the group’s unanimous opinion.
6. The group will then be allotted 25 minutes to fill each participant’s Emotional Fact
Sheet. Each individual will fill his/her fact sheet first and then pass it on to other
members of the team to fill it.
The Activity
Facilitator will distribute the props to the team and then show the “Start” placard to begin
the activity.
After having categorised the nine planets, the participants first fill the Fact Sheets of other
participants to define their personality and only after having filled the fact sheets of all the
other participants, will they fill their own fact sheet.
Every participant will then see, according to the other participants, which planet best
represents the participant’s personality and according to one self, which planet represents
one’s own personality.
Every participant will then use the three sheets of modelling paper to draw the impression
of three planets (Note: it should not be the exact picture of the planet) according to their
defined personality:
1. Planet One (Emotion): Participant has defined oneself as in the Fact Sheet.
3. Planet Three (Emotion/Mental State): The planet, whose personality type the
participant aspires to develop into.
Each participant then will present each of the three emotions through mono-acting each of
the three emotions. Facilitator and a panel of juries can comment on the performance of
each and every participant.
Number of moons: 0
Neat Fact: Closest planet to the Sun.
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
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Neat Fact: The four largest moons were found by Galileo in 1601; the others were
discovered in 2003.
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
B.
Characteristics of the Nine Planets
Terrestrial Planets: Planets that resemble Earth in its physical characteristics: Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars.
1. Mercury: (Roman Mythology: God of Commerce, travel and thievery. Greek Mythology:
Hermes: Messenger of Gods) It is the fastest as it travels around the sun in only 88 days. It
has a weird elliptical orbit around the sun. It has frequent volcanic activities. It is the second
hottest planet. It has very little atmosphere so it is exposed to extreme heat, cold, sun
radiations and meteoric hits (since the meteors do not burn up while travelling through the
thin layer of atmosphere around mercury. Traces of water have been found on Mercury. Its
temperature is between 90K and 700K.
2. Venus: (Greek: Aphrodite and Roman: Goddess of Love and Beauty) It is slowest to travel
around the Sun. Similar to structure and size to planet Earth. It is the hottest planet in the
solar system. It has thick yellow clouds made of sulphuric acid. It has high volcanic
activities. It has dense atmosphere contributing to “Greenhouse Effect” on the planet. It is
the only planet in the solar system, which rotates anti-clockwise around the sun.
Considered to be the brightest of all planets in the solar system (when viewed from planet
Earth). No water has been found on Venus. Temperature of about 400 degrees Celsius.
3. Earth: Also known as the ocean planet has abundance of water. It is the densest of all
planets. Free oxygen available in its atmosphere, water and stable temperature makes it
the only planet supporting life forms. (Noteworthy: Interaction of Earth and Moon slows
down its speed to travel around the Sun). 1 satellite.
4. Mars: (Greek: Ares and Roman Mythology: God of War) Also known as the “Red Planet”,
has active volcanic activities. It has volatile atmosphere as it is always covered by dust
storm caused by its atmosphere. Water has been found on Mars. It has very thin
atmosphere and magnetic fields exist in some regions of the planet. It is a relatively cold
and dry planet. 2 satellites.
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Jovian Planets: These planets are all larger and more massive than the earth. Since they rotate
faster, they are more flattened at the poles than are the terrestrial planets. They are less dense than
the earth, as they are composed of gaseous matter, predominantly hydrogen. They are: Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
5. Jupiter: (aka “Jove” Greek mythology = Zeus and also in Roman mythology = King of Gods
and Son of Cronus (Saturn)) Largest planet of the Solar System. It is made of 90% hydrogen
and 10% helium. Water exists deep below the surface of the planet. Its atmosphere is
similar to that of Sun. It has very strong magnetic fields; along with its atmosphere form the
rings around the planet. Its three rings are said to be the debris of its three unformed
moons. These are visible when backlit by Sun. 16 satellites. The Red Spots on the planet are
atmospheric storms raging for more than 300 Earth years. It has nearly 50 satellites
(moons).
6. Saturn: (Roman: God of Agriculture; Greek God: “Cronus”, Father of Zeus. ) Planet mostly
made of hydrogen 75% and helium 25%. It has nine rings circling around it. These rings are
mostly of water ice. Its atmosphere is made of super fast winds. It is least dense of all the
planets. It radiates more energy into space than it receives from the Sun. It has significant
magnetic field and its satellites along with its rings are within its magnetosphere. 18
satellites.
7. Uranus: (Greek God, Father of Cronus) It is the third largest in diameter. It has brightest
clouds and 11 rings. It rotates backwards on its axis. It takes 84 years to revolve around the
Sun. That is the reason why seasons on the planet last for more than 20 years. Made of
Hydrogen, helium, Methane, Ammonia and water. Due to methane gas and traces of water
it appears blue-green in colour. It has nearly horizontal rotational axis. Its magnetic fields
are more powerful than that of the Earth. It has 27 known moons.
8. Neptune: (Roman mythology and Greek Mythology (Poseidon) = Sea God) It revolves
around the Sun in 165 years. Its magnetic field is more powerful than that of the Earth.
Some unidentified chromophore, (A chromophore is part of a molecule responsible for its
color. A chromophore is a region in a molecule where the energy difference between two
different molecular orbital falls within the range of the visible spectrum. Visible light that
hits the chromophore can thus be absorbed by exciting an electron from its ground state
into an excited state.)A cause of its bright blue colour is a mystery. It has six rings and
thirteen moons.
9. Pluto: (Roman mythology and Greek Mythology (Hades) = God of the underworld) It is tiny,
cold and very distant. It takes 248 years to travel around the Sun. It is mostly covered with
methane and nitrogen frost. It rotates backwards on its axis. It has elliptical orbit, therefore
it experiences winter when it is farthest away from the Sun. It has atmosphere (nitrogen,
carbon dioxide and methane), but little or no magnetic field. It has three moons and due to
its elliptical orbit, it is said to be closer to Sun than Neptune. Its orbit path intersects that of
Neptune, but there is no danger of the two planets colliding with each other.
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C.Navarasa
Denotes an essential mental state and is the dominant emotional theme of a work of art or
the primary feeling that is evoked in the person that views, reads or hears such a work.
Although the concept of rasa is fundamental to many forms of Indian art including dance,
music, Indian musical theatre and literature, the treatment, interpretation, usage and actual
performance of a particular rasa differs greatly between different styles and schools of
abhinaya, and the huge regional differences even within one style.
The Rasas
Each rasa, according to Nātyasāstra, has a presiding deity and a specific colour.
There are 4 pairs of rasas. For instance, Hasya arises out of Sringara. The Aura of a
frightened person is black,
In addition to the nine Rasas, two more appeared later (esp. in literature): Additional rasas:
A Rasa is the developed realisable state of a permanent mood, which is called Sthayi
Bhava(Permanent mood)
The theory of rasas still forms the aesthetic underpinning of all Indian classical dance and
theatre, such as Bharatanatyam,kathak,Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kudiyattam, Kathakali
and others.
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The Bhavas
The Natyasastra identifies eight rasas with eight corresponding Bhava (mood):
Rati (Love)
Hasya (Mirth)
Soka (Sorrow) Karuna Rasa
Krodha(Anger)
Utsaha (Energy) Veer Rasa
Bhaya (Terror)
Jugupsa (Disgust)
Vismaya (Astonishment)
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Juptr
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Total
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