Exploring the Wonderful World of Science

Science Exhibition 2014 – 2015 - Report

Exploring the wonderful world of science……………

“Men love to wonder and that is the seed of science”

With the jam-packed schedules of today's families, why would either a student or a parent want to add one more major activity? Clearly, any school project assigned to a student should meet a stringent test for usefulness. Surprising to some, a science fair project is one of the best learning experience a student can undertake. More importantly, science fairs make science more fun and relevant to the student. A science exhibition can be a great way to spark a student’s interest in science or to help a student develop a broader interest in research.

Planning:

Bright Riders School is keen about developing scientific approach and instilling technical aptitude in our students. To attain this target, Science club of the School in coordination with Department of Science took initiative to organize a Science Exhibition for the Academic year 2014-15. The documentation as well as procedures for the same were formulated and finalized under the leadership of Science Club Coordinator and Senior Science teachers of this prestigious institution. Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Science also joined hands to make this event a memorable and successful venture. Teachers of the respective departments were put into groups and special duties were allotted to each group to ensure the timely and successful completion of tasks. The layout and action plan for the event was decided in coordination with concerned authorities.

The following steps were installed for the successful completion of this task

• Choosing a chairperson (Science club coordinator) that will oversee the entire science fair.  Solicit volunteers for the committee  Planning meeting to set dates and deadlines for the science fair, including the date of the science fair, set up and take down of projects, deadline for student topic / project submission.  Establish guidelines for how the students are to submit, set up and represent their projects. Distribute the guidelines to the students and their teachers in advance  Collection of exhibits  Selection of the projects  Setting up the exhibition Themes: Themes selected for the exhibition were broad based such that it covered all aspects of Science and technology and students were given the liberty to explore the unexplored fields. Energy conservation, world of electricity, health and food, our environment, robotics, disaster management, transport and communication etc were some of the selected themes.

Participation – Rules and regulations

All students from grades 5 to 10 were given chance to participate in this event. The Science project submitted by the student was accepted as a part of his FA3 assessment. This decision was proven to be beneficial to the student community as it reduced the burden of assessment and played a key role in ensuring maximum student participation. This decision can be considered as a humble initiative to establish a connecting link between scholastic and co-scholastic areas of our curriculum, which is highly acknowledged and appreciated by CBSE. Students were allowed to submit individual as well as group projects. The number of students in a group should not exceed four.

Exhibits

The projects submitted by the students mainly include charts, still models, working models, hands on experiments etc. Maximum student participation was ensured in each and every aspect of this event and student volunteers were assigned to execute particular tasks.

The exhibition was conducted on 30-11-14 in connection with National day celebrations of our School. Selected projects were exhibited and all students from grades 5 to 12 were given a chance to visit and appreciate the creativity and technical brilliance displayed by the students.

Benefits and advantages

*Fostering personal capabilities and instills an appreciation for the relevance of science in everyday life. *Serve as a platform to identify and appreciate the scientific accomplishments achieved by a school, its staff and students. *Sense of teamwork instilled in the participants and organizers was another inspiring and delightful aspect of organizing and arranging such events. *A collaborative effort by the Dept. of science with many other departments and staff members was a perfect example for cross curricular linking and goal attainment by mutual support.

From a quantitative viewpoint, the implementation of such a science exhibition in the second year of the school can be considered fully satisfactory and acts a motivational element for the forthcoming events. This suggests that organization and implementation of such events will strengthen the development of cultural, academic, physical and technical aspects of education.