On the 27th of November, there was an explosion of the scientific attitude at Millennium. Almost a hundred and fifty teams came up with science projects to demonstrate and explain the various aspects of science. There were experiments explaining chemistry magic, there was demonstrations to understand the principles of physics and lots of models to explain biological concepts.
This was our second science fair. The first one took place at the same time last year. It was made to coincide with the 2nd open day, which makes it convenient for other students and parents to attend. As a result, there was a huge crowd at the project stalls and our student teams were explaining science non-stop from 9 am to 12 30 pm. We had 121 projects in all!
The variety in projects was also excellent. There were projects based on non conventional energy sources, explanation of body processes and many showing the applications of simple machines, electricity and magnetism. There were lots of models of earth science phenomenon and even demonstrations to show simple physics concepts like density. There were full scale set ups of electrolysis, induction motors and electromagnets. There were models of elevators, global warming causes and so much more. There were even full fledged working excavators and cleaning robots! It was overwhelming and all in all a very wonderful experience.
The projects were assembled in the two dining halls upper and lower and also in the badminton hall and we think next year we will have to split it over two days in order to accommodate all the students! Since the kids are showing so much enthusiasm and energy, we are thinking of making this an inter-school competition as well.
What was interesting is that even children as young as 5th graders took part in this science fair. They showed a good understanding of the concepts and the ability to explain eloquently and think on their feet. And think on their feet they did especially when Dr. Phatak, our principal, questioned them for the final round. He grilled them and made sure they knew exactly what they were doing and we were all pleasantly pleased when even some of our 5th graders showed us that they had left no stone unturned in their preparation.
The winners in different categories were as follows :
5th Density Mitali Bapat, Rucha Markale
6th Bio Sand Filter Sanmit Chitale, Varad Kshirsagar, Soham Dekhane, Aditya Waknis
7th 3D imaging Aditya Khadilkar, Omkar Khanzode
8th and 9th House Cleaning Robot Shubham Pandit, Shrirang Bhave, Omkar Powar, Adwait Gogate, Shubhankar Deshpande.
These 4 projects were really good. The team members had put in a lot of research into the project and could explain it very well. They even withstood the cross questioning and impressed our Principal greatly. Well done kids! Hope to see you at the top next year again. And to the others work hard and give these winners tough competition. Maybe you can displace them and come out at the top!
Good work everybody. Keep it up!
Dr. Phatak closely examining the projects
Setting it up
Explanation to Dr Phatak
