ASTRONOMY WORKSHOP ON 02 SEPTEMBER 2015
'BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE'
In an endeavour to provide the best of
learning opportunities to students, the Astronomy Club of The
Air Force School- had organised the first Astronomy workshop for all the members of the Astronomy Club, on 02
September 2015 in the school campus.
The
176 members of the Astronomy Club from classes VI-X were divided into
five groups to have a better opportunity for hands on experience of the
scientific activity. The venues of the workshops were the Activity Hall and the
Audio-Visual Room.
The students were very excited and full of enthusiasm
to explore the vast expanse of unknown information and knowledge and the
content of the workshop were:
K’Nex Engineering
Challenge (classes VI-VIII)
As a part of this
workshop, students of middle school got an opportunity to explore various
features of structures through practical experience. They put their engineering
skills and team dynamics to come up with exciting new structures. They further tested those structures on
various parameters important to an engineering design.
Highlights:
·
Understanding the basic concept of stability
and durability of 3-D structures
·
Understanding self sustaining structures
·
Understanding the relation between geometric
shapes and stability of structures
·
Understanding the concept of stress and strain
·
Working in a team and completing objectives in
a fixed timeline
·
Creative design inputs
Miracles of Magnetism (classes IX-X)
Another core
principle of science is magnetism. Our day to day life depends on the miracles
of electricity and magnetism. In this activity, students explored the basic
concepts of magnetism by means of various hands on activities. They were also introduced to the applications of
magnetism in medical science.
Highlights:
·
Understanding the types of magnets
·
Polarity of magnets
·
Marking the magnetic fields produced by
magnets
·
Identifying the factors affecting the strength
of magnetic field
·
Understanding the relation between magnetism
and electricity
·
Insights into the science of MRI
'Bringing
Science to Life' students explored the various types
of magnets. While every student had enjoyed playing with magnets as young
children, today they went a step ahead and followed the effects of magnetism to
draw the magnetic field lines. They experienced the force of magnetism and
explored the causes. It was exciting to learn that even the cosmos plays with
the effects of magnetism. The jaw-dropping celestial light show of the
'northern and southern lights' of earth had every student wonderstruck.
Combining
technique, creativity and team dynamics students
excitedly took up the challenge of building self sustaining, strong towers by
working in teams. The Activity Hall became a store-house of energy as all
student-groups worked enthusiastically to engineer the best towers doing the
best resource and time management. The highlight of this activity was the tower
testing, where the towers were tested for strength. The towers were dropped
from a standard height and the euphoria amongst students to see theirs towers
surviving the test was one of the best moments of the day.
The
first Astronomy workshop was appreciated and enjoyed by all students
.They are enthusiastically looking forward for the next session of workshop.