Science club, science fair, science exhibition

1. D R . S H I L N A V
SCIENCE CLUB & SCIENCE
FAIR

2. OBJECTIVES OF A SCIENCE CLUB
1. To provide proper incentive and inspiration for the
pursuit of scientific knowledge in rigorous way by
broadening their scientific outlook.
2. To provide opportunities for bringing school close to
the society and to acquaint the people with the services
and contribution of the science in their life.
3. To develop among the student the spirit and attitude of
healthy competition for the individual and social cause
4. To help the students in imbibing The habit of self-
reliance, self-dependence and love for manual work
5. To provide opportunity for the development of the
constructive, explorative & inventive faculties of the
students.

3. OBJECTIVES OF A SCIENCE CLUB…
6. To make the students understand the values of time and to
help them in the proper utilization to their hours.
7. To grate interest in latest inventions and discoveries of
science in various fields and to get acquainted with the life
history and contributions of great scientists.
8. To develop students, inters and participation in the practical
application of the knowledge related to different branches
of science
9. To grate interest in scientific facts and events related to
one’s surroundings.
10. To develop training in scientific method of problem solving
11. To inculcate scientific attitude and provide opportunities
for training in scientific method
12. To develop interest in scientific hobbies

4. OBJECTIVES OF A SCIENCE CLUB…
13. To encourage individual and group activities.
14. To develop in children a sense of healthy competition
15. To make the students and public science minded
16. To stimulate active participation and initiative among
students in the learning process.
17. To keep the students in touch with the recent advance
in science
18. To provide challenging opportunities to the gifted
19. To provide training in problem solving
20. To give development of psychomotor skills

5. FUNCTIONS OF SCIENCE CLUB
1. Publishing science magazine and news bulletin of scientific
events.
2. Preparing certain things of common use like soaps, writing
ink, tooth powders, shoe polish, pheny1, varnish etc
3. Organizing school services in the field of health and
sanitation
4. Arranging cleanliness and health weeks in the institution
5. Creating in the school healthy environment for carrying out
scientific studies and activities.
6. Decorating the walls of the classroom, library and laboratory
with scientific and activities.
7. Arranging excursions and short trios for the members to
places of scientific interest.
8. Arranging talks and lectures of the distinguished speakers,
subject experts and outside guests on the subject of the
scientific interest

6. SCIENCE CLUB ACTIVITIES
 Organizing lectures, debates, seminars, symposia etc.
 Holding science exhibition and fair
 Celebrating birth days of eminent scientist
 Participating in science fairs
 Conducting visual programmes of s scientific interest
 Arranging visit to places of scientific interest
 Preparing of charts, postures, models etc
 Developing school garden
 Displaying science news

7. SCIENCE CLUB ACTIVITIES
 Improvising and preparing hand-made apparatus
 General reading of scientific literature
 Rendering school services in health and sanitation
 Visiting other science clubs
 Conducting essay competition on scientific problems
 Managing a first aid squad
 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.
 Celebrating science days
 Maintaining a bulletin board

8. SCIENCE FAIR
 A competition where contestants present their science
project, results in the form of a report, display board,
and/or models that they have created.
 Allow students in elementary, middle and high schools to
compete in science and/or technology activities.
 The main motive of a science fair is for students to
answer a question or task, not from a textbook but found
out themselves by conducting a range of experiments and
ongoing research in the short amount of time allocated to
them.
 In order that the questions or tasks spark a true interest
in the student they should be able to have an interesting,
eye catching project.

9. SCIENCE FAIR
 Science fair projects are normally intended to
demonstrate scientific concepts on a small scale.
 Science fair projects normally have a purpose,
hypothesis, independent variable, dependent
variable, experiment results, and a conclusion.
 They are intended to teach students about the
scientific method.