Welcome to the EarthLab Club’s Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 – The Yaksha.
This unique summer programme offers children the chance to explore their passions through expert-guided sessions—from tech labs to interactive design. Day 1 was just the beginning of a fun, creative, and inspiring journey into storytelling, science, and imagination.
Day 1 – Storytelling Log | Young Creators Summer Programme 2025
Our first workshop of the Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 kicked off with great excitement! As students arrived, they explored the EarthLab space, browsing through displays and resources that set the tone for a day of discovery.
- The session began with a fundamental question: How old is the Earth? and students were introduced to Earth’s formation and ancient history.
- They used the interactive tool Ancient Earth – dinosaurpictures.org to visualize how Earth looked 240 million years ago, and witnessed Dehradun’s transformation through time when the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided 55 million years ago, tracing it from prehistoric landmasses to its present form.
- Students then selected their hometowns and other global locations to explore similar transformations, they also learned about the concepts like continental drift, plate tectonics, and geological time were discussed.
- Students were also introduced to biomimicry and the idea of a regenerative future through simple, relatable examples from nature and design.
- Later students spent 25 minutes independently researching the history of Earth, taking notes and comparing it with today’s geography, which was followed by a real-world comparison using globes and collaborative peer discussion.
- At 1 PM, students took a break for lunch, and post-lunch, they watched Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which was followed by a group discussion on the film’s environmental themes, mythology, and its relevance to Earth’s current ecological challenges.
- The session moved into mythological geography, focusing on the Himalayas and the students were introduced to the spirit god Yaksha and the river goddess Saraswati. They searched about the forest gods from the regions of The Himalayas, Northeastern India, Thailand, Korea etc and started taking inspiration for their sketching from these folklore of forest spirits.
It was a fun and enriching day filled with experimentation, learning, creativity, and collaboration. Students engaged in discussions, worked as teams, and brought together science, mythology, and imagination in the true spirit of the Young Creators Programme.
