This document discusses various co-curricular activities that can be organized in physical science to enrich the learning experience. It describes setting up a science club to promote hands-on learning, organizing eco-clubs to develop interest in nature, holding science fairs to recognize student talents, conducting field trips for practical learning experiences, designing experimental science projects, and facilitating action research by teachers. The goal is to make science learning more joyful and supplement classroom teachings by providing opportunities for self-expression, independent inquiry, and applying knowledge to real-world problems.

1. ONLINE ASSIGNMENT
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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RESHMA.T.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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RONALD ROSE

2. INDEX
Sl.No Content Page No
1 Introduction 3
2 Science club 4-6
3 Eco/Nature club 7
4 Science fair 8
5 Field trip and excursions 9
6 Experimental science projects 10
7 Action research 10-12
7 Conclusion 13
8 Reference 14
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3. INTRODUCTION
The scientific and technological advancement of today is a long forward journey
from stone age. As we live in an age of science. It is essential that the students
have a deep insight into the background of science People seem to possess the
seeds of creativeness but climate for its germination is absent. It is generally
seen that our school programmes are not giving due place to scientific
experiences and proper environment. Schools lay too much of emphasis on
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rigidity and traditionalism.
Each individual has his own interests, talents and abilities.Even a
progressive syllabus fails to cater to the needs of each. Science educators, now a
days are fond to exhibit growing interest and means of stimulating group
participation and mobilizing interest in learning science. Organising science
clubs is one among such activities.
In the words of Nile, co-curricular activities are out of classroom
activities organized by the school to enrich the teaching-learning activities so as
to ensure the complete development of the learner.

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1. Science club
Learning by doing and learning by living are two essentials of learning
science. Children are interested in making things, breaking things and
handling things. But the curriculum does not satisfy this natural urge. In
the classroom everything is donein a formal, artificial and controlled
atmosphere. This will never give the child an opportunity for self
expression. Constructive activitesand independent enquiry. No time is
assigned for practical work. All these lead to the need for an the
organization providing an outlet for the pent-up emotions of children and
for pooling their energies interest in science, and also can supplement the
work of the classroom and give the syllabus a practical diamension may
be called a science club.
Through activities of a science club , Learning of science becomes
joyful. The science club caters to freedom for expression, where as the
classroom atmosphere leads to conformity and repression. While activity
participating in a science club students organize thought and translate
these into action and thereby develop a zealous enthusiasm to strive for
the cause of scientific enterprise.

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(a) Objectives of science club
 To develop a general interest in science
 To inculcate scientific attitude and provide opportunities for
training in scientific method
 To develop interest in scientific hobbies
 To encourage individual and group activities
 To develop in children a sense of healthy competition
 To make the students and public science minded
 To stimulate active participation and initiative among students in
the learning process
 To keep the students in touch with recent advances in science
 To provide challenging opportunities to the gifted
(a)Activities of the science club
 Organising lectures, debates, seminars, symposia, etc.
 Holding science exbition and fairs
 Celebrating birth days of eminent scientists
 Participating in science fairs
 Conducting visual programmes of scientific interest
 Arranging visits to places of scientific interest

6.  Preparing of charts , postures , models,etc.
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 Devoloping school garden
 Displaying science news
 Planting and growing trees and plants
 Improvising and preparing hand – made apparatus
 Collecting specimens and arranging them in the museum
 Managing a first aid squad
 General reading of scientific literature
 Rendering School services in health and sanitation
 Visiting other science clubs
 Conducting essay competition on scientific problems
 Maintaining an aquarium
 Participating in scientific hobbies – preparation of soaps, ink,
candle, matches, toys, bleaching powder, nail polish, chalk, etc.
 Helping the community by way of demonstration on health and
hygiene, improvement of agriculture, eradication of superstitious
belief, etc.
 Celibrating science days
 Organising programmes like nature games,Eco-clubs,etc.
 Maintaining a Bulletin board
 Publishing school science magazine
 Preparing albums and conducting projects

7. 2. ECO – CLUBS/NATURE CLUBS
Eco-Clubs / Nature Clubs: Eco – Club is an organization of individuals
who have love for nature, interest in conservation and devolopement of
natural resources. A sense of dedication and who actively participate in
various activities related to nature.Eco-clubs are sometimes called Nature
Clubs. An eco-club in a school could be visualized as a co-ordinated and
voluntary effect of a group of students working for the understanding and
protection of the environment. It is a network of students who are
interested in participating in programmes beneficial to the environment.
The underlying objective of eco-club is to take the children to the
environment and bring the environment into the classroom
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More specially, eco club aim to:
 Develop ,Maintain, and enhance pupils interest in environment
 Make environmental studies meaningful and enjoyable
 Supplement knowledge obtained through classroom teachings
 Provide leisure time activities
 Bring out better relationship with environment.
As co-curricular activity, its activity should be held after school
hours. It proceedings should be as informal as possible. Membership
should be on a voluntary basis.

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3. SCIENCE FAIR
Science fair in purely an educative activity carried out in systematic
manner entirely for the advancement of science. It is an excellent device
for acquainting the parents as well as other people in the community, with
the science related work being in schools. Science fair provides an
opportunity for the display of valuable work done in the science club by the
students and sponsors. The fair helps the students benefit from the
achievement of others, and promotes a spirit of competition. Students can
learn many things which can not be learnt through classroom teaching.
Instinctive urges of pupils, such as desire for acquisition,
satisfyingcuriosity, participating in constructive works,etc. also get
satisfaction. Their talents are recognized and encouraged which in turn
would provide strong reinforcement. Science fairs provide opportunity for
detecting and cultivating scientific t5alents.
a. Purpose and Values of Science Fair
1. To stimulate and encourage interest in science

9. 2. To focus attention on science experiences in schools
3. To provide situations for scientific hobbies
4. To recognize and encourage scientific talents
5. To provide opportunity for display of talents through exhibits
6. To stimulate greater interest in scientific investigation over the routine
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class work
7. To make the public science minded Science fairs have inte
llectural, psychological, social and educational values.
4. FIELD TRIP AND EXCURSION
Field trip Excursion are interchangeably used in educational literature.
But in strict sense they are different. An excursion is a school
journeyinvolving any organized travel made by teachers and students
primarly with an educational motive in mind.Field trips are organized visits
of teachers and students to immeadiate or distant places to enrich learning
experiences and to further instructional purposes of regular class room
activities.The field trip is distinguished by the fulfillment of pre-determined
goals.

10. 5. EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE PROJECTS OR INVESTIGATORY
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SCIENCE PROJECTS
In Science faire we see some experiments being demonstrated by students with
the help of charts and graphs. These are designed as projects by they are not
investigatory projects. A project may be any purposeful activity. A project
which involves experiments, investigations, discovery and original finding is an
Investigatory or Experimental Science Project. It is much more than the
repetition of a standard experiment. Here the students is to decide what
experiments are necessary and how he is going to carry them out. He may have
to design suitable apparatus and equipments. He has to search for factual bases
such as appropriate principles, formulae, data and then to originate a plan to
arrive at a solution. In this project the students has to behave like a scientist.
6. ACTION RESEARCH
Traditional research of a theoritical nature requires more time, money and
labour on the part of a researcher. A school teacher with all his activities would
find it difficult to meet the requirements of such research. Those who are
teachers need not to be competent researchers and vice-versa. Action research
seeks to cut across the existing barriers between the process of teaching and that

11. of research. Action research is a research of teacher, for the teacher and by the
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teacher.
Meaning and Definition
According to Stephen.M.Corey, “action research is a process for studying
problems by practitioners scientifically to take decision for improving their
current practices”.
Objectives of Action Research
Action research projects are conducted for achieving the following objectives :
1. To improve the working conditions of various infra-structural
components of a school.
2. To develop scientific attitude among teachers where by they are
motivated to study problems scientifically before taking decisions.
3. To develop democratic attitude among students and teachers while
understanding and solving their problems.
4. To bring excellence in school working
5. To develop the ability and understanding among administrators to
improve and modify schoolconditions with a scientific outlook.

12. 6. To root out the conservative and static environment prevailing in most
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schools.
7. To make the school system effective for generating a healthy
environment conducive to learning.
8. To raise the level of performance and the level of aspiration of the
students.

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CONCLUSION
All roundness is the theme of modern education, which recognizes that
when the child comes to the school, he comes in, mentally, physically,
socially, spiritually and vocationally and as such he must be educated and
nourished in all of them. According to modern concept of education, the
three traditional R’s should be replaced by 7 R’s. This can be achieved
only by providing a well organized and supervised programme of co-curricular
activities along with curricular programme. ‘Learnig by doing’,
‘Learning by living’, ‘Learning without tears’ are the main characteristics
of new education.

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REFERENCE
1. Science Education, Theoretical base of teaching and Pedagogic
analysis. [Dr.T.K.Mathew and Dr.T.M.Molykutty]
2. Innovative science teaching for physical science teachers.
[Radhamohan (2000), Delhi, Prentice hall of India]
3. Prospectives in physical science teaching. [Rajan.K.N
(1999),Kottayam, Vidyarthi Mithram]