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SYNAPSE Report 16 schools participated in the 9th annual inter-school science symposium SYNAPSE. The day started at 8 AM with Vasant Valley students from classes 8 - 12 along with students from various schools and teachers assembling in a meeting for Dr.Mahapatra’s talk. Dr. Mahapatra is the assistant director and publisher of the American Chemical Society. He joined us from Washington DC and spoke about the importance of science education and the role of students, especially at the present time. There were interesting questions after the session. It was a great learning experience. There were activities planned for each of the classes from 6 to 10. These activities were conducted in five different meeting rooms. Tambola(For Class 6 students) An adaptation of the party game Tambola to test the knowledge of the participating students in the field of Science. Visual JAM (Just A Minute) (For class 7 students): Each student was shown a digital image, with a scientific principle. They got three minutes time to prepare and then they spoke for one minute. The judgement was based on the correct identification of the principle along with content of their speech. Video Challenge (For class 8 students): The task was to create a short video in an engaging and creative way to explain any scientific concept through an experiment. Panel discussion (For class 9): The topic for the panel discussion is ‘Assessment of Internet of Things’ (IoT) - Risks vs Ease. A storyline on this topic and the link for a video clip was shared with the participants on 22nd July, 2020. Students were divided into groups of four to form four panels. Each panel got one hour time to prepare for a presentation. Each panel got 10 minutes time to present their discussion. Quiz (For class 10): The online preliminary round was held on Friday, 24th July, 2020. Four best team were selected for the final round. The final round was a visual round conducted by Aditya Kapur. At 12:30 PM the students and teachers assembled in a meeting for result declaration. Mrs.Purie declared the results.
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SYNAPSE Report
16 schools participated in the 9th annual inter-school science symposium SYNAPSE. The day started at 8 AM with Vasant Valley students from classes 8 - 12 along with students from various schools and teachers assembling in a meeting for Dr.Mahapatra’s talk. Dr. Mahapatra is the assistant director and publisher of the American Chemical Society. He joined us from Washington DC and spoke about the importance of science education and the role of students, especially at the present time. There were interesting questions after the session. It was a great learning experience. There were activities planned for each of the classes from 6 to 10. These activities were conducted in five different meeting rooms. Tambola(For Class 6 students) An adaptation of the party game Tambola to test the knowledge of the participating students in the field of Science. Visual JAM (Just A Minute) (For class 7 students): Each student was shown a digital image, with a scientific principle. They got three minutes time to prepare and then they spoke for one minute. The judgement was based on the correct identification of the principle along with content of their speech. Video Challenge (For class 8 students): The task was to create a short video in an engaging and creative way to explain any scientific concept through an experiment. Panel discussion (For class 9): The topic for the panel discussion is ‘Assessment of Internet of Things’ (IoT) - Risks vs Ease. A storyline on this topic and the link for a video clip was shared with the participants on 22nd July, 2020. Students were divided into groups of four to form four panels. Each panel got one hour time to prepare for a presentation. Each panel got 10 minutes time to present their discussion. Quiz (For class 10): The online preliminary round was held on Friday, 24th July, 2020. Four best team were selected for the final round. The final round was a visual round conducted by Aditya Kapur. At 12:30 PM the students and teachers assembled in a meeting for result declaration. Mrs.Purie declared the results.
SYNAPSE Results
TAMBOLA for Class 6: 1st: Aarohi Agar from Shishukunj International school 2nd: Viraj Dushyant Patil from Army Public School 3rd: Darshan Jain from Mayo College Visual Just a Minute for Class 7 1st: Anandini Sengupta from Modern High School for girls Kolkata and Mridul Jain from Shishukunj International School 2nd: Sthitapragya Chakrabarty from La Martinere’s School for boys Experimental video Challenge for class 8 1st: Rishi Banerjee Ghosh and Nikhilesh Mukherjee from La Martiniere for Boys 2nd: Anmol and Ishaan from Neerja Modi School 3rd: Aishi Sengupta Dash and Srishti Dubey from Modern High School For Girls, Kolkata 3rd: Aarush Kapur and Savya Meattle from Vasant Valley School Panel Discussion for Class 9 The winning panel consists of Avika Mantri from Welham girls school Ishitta from Strawberry field high school Anvita Tripathi from Modern high school for girls Best Collaborators : Panel 1 - Aarav Singh: The Shishukunj International School Panel 2 - Rakshan: Le Martinier College Lucknow Panel 3 - Anvita Tripathi: Modern High School for Girls Panel 4 - Sarah Jaykumar: Vasant Valley School Quiz for class 10 1st: Udhay Aman Chopra from Vasant Valley School 2nd: Swapnil Singh from Sunbeam School 3rd : Ashmit Singh from Modern School Barakhamba
SCHEDULE
Timelines:
Saturday, 18th July: Orientation Meeting of participating schools Friday, 24th July : 4:00PM - 4:30PM: Preliminary round of the quiz (Class 10)SaSaturday, 25th July: 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM: Briefing for students and teachers in-charge from participating schools. 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM: Talk by Dr. Anirban Mahapat Mahapatra 9: 45 AM - 11:30 AM: Events
1. TAMBOLA ( Class 6) 2. JAM ( Class 7) 3. 3. Video Challenge ( Class 8) 4. Panel discussion ( Class 9) 5. Final round of the Quiz ( Class 10) 12:30 PM: Announcement of the result.
Dr. Anirban Mahapatra is Assistant Director and Publisher at the American Chemical
Society (ACS), where he has been since 2007.
He is currently responsible for He is currently responsible for the strategic development and management of ACS journals, spanning physical, materials and biological chemistry. He is particularly fascinated by the changing landscape of how scientific information is scientific information is disseminated globally.
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