Nagpur: On the second day of Apoorva Vigyan Mela in Nagpur, being organised jointly by Association for Research and Training in Basic Science Education, Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Vigyan Prasar, Government of India, the students, teachers and science lovers enjoyed moments by carrying out simple but interesting experiments. This is the 25th year of this event which continues every year since 1998. This year it is celebrated as Silver Jubilee Festival.
Water does not fall from the glass even if it is turned upside down:
Apart from this, the experiment of seeing a hole in the palm of two different pictures with two different eyes was also done by everyone attracting attention of alol. Putting a strainer on a glass full of water and turning it upside down, water does not fall. Explaining Letter Inversion, for this two mirrors are aligned at a specific angle. If you hold your right ear in front of it, you will see in the glass the left is seen holding the ear.
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Colour changing vermilion:
The use of colour changing vermilion has been shown to explain the role of water of crystallization in chemistry. After heating, vermilion changes its colour and after cooling it comes back to its original colour
Panditji’s shaking choti
By rapidly moving the photo of Pandit ji made on two papers at a fast speed from the time of momentary stoppage of the picture that reached the eyes, we see Pandit ji’s top is shaking. A series of simple experiments goes on. Be it the principle of centre of gravity or magnetic field, these small children of municipal schools with full authority, kept on giving information about their experiments to the visitors. The special thing is that today apart from students, adults are also experimenting. A schoolboy came to see the experiment of making sound when a small wooden scale tied to a thread was rotated. Immediately compared it to the sound coming out of the mouth. The attempt to explain the principles easily seems to be successful. Efforts have also been made to create public awareness in the experiment itself.
World of interesting books:
People’s eyes fell on the stall of books as soon as they entered the Rashtrabhasha Bhavan premises for the Apoorva Science Fair. These books Eklavya Publications, Bhopal, were brought especially for the Science Fair. Most of the books here are on activity based on science. There are charts, there are modules. Their main objective is to make science simple and popular among students from class 3rd to class 10th. Body structure, skin, distribution of cells, etc. are prominent in the books of easy-to-understand modules. Picture story books are also made available at nominal cost. There are books in both Hindi and English languages. There are 9 books under the set which will make the kids as well as adults puzzle over it. They should also be used during free time in schools. Children can be given on the lines of learning through play. There is a collection of useful books to pacify their curiosities.
Apoorva Vigyan Mela will continue till November 20 daily from 11 am to 4 pm at Rashtrabhasha Bhavan Complex (North Ambazari Road) for students, teachers and science lovers. Admission is free. Further details can be sought from Rashtrabhasha Bhavan (phone 0712 – 2523162).
