SCIENCE FEST’14

The Second Interschool Science Fest  was hosted by The Scindia School from 15^th to 17^th August, 2014.

The participating Schools are:

1.       The Daly College, Indore

2.       The Doon School, Dehradun

3.       Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer

4.       Translam Academy, Merrut

5.       Cambridge International School, Phagwara

6.       The Scindia School, Gwalior

7.       Stepbystep high school,Jaipur

Day 1

On 15^th August the Fest was declared open by Mr. Misri .It was followed by a welcome song, the Dance on Saraswati Vandana and Fest’ photograph.

First event of Science Fest’14 was a telescope making workshop by Mr. Sanjay Gupta. Each school assembled a telescope and carried with them to their school.

After lunch Anveshika( NGO, dedicated for science promotion) workshop was conducted by Mr. Rakesh Awasthi and Mr. Arun. They taught dry and complicated concept of fundamental Physics and Chemistry in an interesting way. Delegates participated with full enthusiasm.

In the evening, JAM session along with comic strip competition was held. The topic was “Evolution” for the Comic strip competition and was given 2hrs. earlier.

This event was followed by the Science Quiz.

Mr. Ajay Punia was the quiz master for the Science Quiz. He is an Ex- Scindian and a professional Quiz master. Preliminary round was conducted and four teams were selected for Final round. The teams were The Daly College, The Doon School, Translam Academy, Meerut and Mayo College Girl’s School Ajmer. Final Round was won by Translam Academy Meerut and runner up was The Daly College, Indore.

DAY 2

The delegates went for the visit to the Crocodile Breeding Centre in Devoria. They explained about the breeding of the crocodile and the tortoise. It is the only centre in India which saves endangered species of crocodile and tortoise.

After lunch, e-painting competition took place in which one delegate from each school participated. The topic “Space Debris” was given an hour before.

In the evening the skit competition was held in auditorium. The theme was “combating superstition in society”

The day ended with the special dinner and DJ.

Day 3

The last event started in the morning which was science exhibition and the theme was “ Alternative Source of energy other than Solar energy”

The schools gave the innovative ideas using wave, smoke, air, and water as the source of energy. The Scindia School gave idea about how energy can be produced by moving vehicles on roads and joggers jogging in a gym.

Judges for this event were Prof. Dr. Neeraj Jain, Jeevaji University, Physics Department and Prof. Dr. D. D. Agarwal, Jeevaji University, Chemistry Department.

In the closing ceremony Science Oath was taken by the gathering. The results of various events were declared. Certificates and prizes were awarded to winners. Overall trophy for the year 2014-15 Science Fest was shared by The Scindia School and Stepby step High School, Jaipur.

Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Neeraj Jain, declared the Science Fest’14 close.

Results:

JAM Session

1^st – Azan Barar – The Doon School, Dehra Dun

2^nd – Shubham Bhargava – Translam Academy, Merrut

3^rd – Ripudaman – Stepbystep High School Jaipur

Comic Strip:

1^st – Rupika- Cambridge International school,Phagwara

2^nd –Shailesh Bhagat – The Scindia School,Gwalior

3^rd – Parthivee Sharma – Mayo College Girl’s School,Ajmer

e- Painting -

1^st – Snehil Tripathi – The Scindia School

2^nd – Kumkum shree – Stepbystep High School, Jaipur

3^rd - Parthivee Sharma – Mayo College Girl’s School

Science Fiction

1^st – Manas Pant- The Scindia School,Gwalior

2^nd – Shweta Vaishnav – Stepbystep High School,Jaipur

3^rd – Astitva pandey- The Scindia School,Gwalior

Science Quiz

1^st- Shashank Tyagi – Translam Academy, Meerut

       Hardik Singh  - Translam Academy, Meerut

Runner up- Dhairya Agarwal – The Daly College, Indore

                     Mohit Chauhan – The Daly College, Indore

Science News letter

1^st – The Scindia School, Gwalior

2^nd – Stepbystep High school, Jaipur

3^rd – Cambridge International School, Phagwara

Skit Competition

1^st – The Scindia School, Gwalior

2^nd – Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer

3^rd – StepbyStep High School, Jaipur

Science Exhibition

1^st – The Daly College, Indore

2^nd -  Translam Academy, Meerut

3^rd – Stepbystep High school, Jaipur

Overall trophy is shared by The Scindia School, Gwalior and Stepbystep High School, Jaipur