About UP Science Centre
U.P. Science centre is a registered organisation working for last 25 years for Science Popularisation and developing a scientific temperament among masses and students. The organization was formed under Societies registration act 1860 under the chairmanship of Late Harmider Raj Singh I.A.S who was then the District Magistrate Jhansi in 1991. Science centre has been working tirelessly for creating awareness among students, women, rural and urban population, slum dwellers, and general masses for scientific issues like health, hygiene, education, Disaster management, road safety, Natural resources, environmental degradation, women empowerment etc. Science Centre also mentored Science Centre Jhansi and together both the organizations have engaged with over 70,000 students, teachers and individuals of Budelkhand region in the last twenty five years. The organization has been actively collaborating with Dept. of Science & Technology Govt. of India to propagate the cause of science communication to general masses through their short and long term programmes including Children’s Science Congress. Rationale
The National Policy on Education, 1986 andThe National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 essentially talk about (educator’s and education institutions role in)developing child’s innate abilities and values such as the spirit of inquiry, creativity, objectivity, the courage to question, and an aesthetic sensibility. More than just a concept, commissions and policies have introduced scientific temper as an attitude of logical thinking to be integrated in the classrooms and to be practised in day to day life decisions. Science is an amalgamation of intellectual and practical activities encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation. Its relevancy is self evident in relation to the inculcation of inquisitiveness, critical thinking and attainment of knowledge and understanding of the world and surrounding. In real world, students are expected to imply their scientific temper and skills efficiently in fast, flexible and creative manner henceforth generating scientific temperament among students since schooling is a necessity. Proposed Programme
To cater to this need, the UP Science Centre is launching the “H.R Singh Challenge Cup” Science Quiz Competition for students of science at secondary and senior secondary level. The “H.R Singh Challenge Cup” Science Quiz Competition 2016 will be held in April – May 2016. The science quiz competition will cover an entire spectrum of science at secondary and senior secondary level namely Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Environmental Science, so as to challenge the participants’ scientific mind and enrich their vision. The project is supported by shOObh Group. OBJECTIVES
-To create scientific temper
-To build a spirit of inquiry and a deep sense of curiosity
-To create keenness to get to the root of a problem
-To develop an ability to defend one’s argument and willingness to change on being convinced
-Making learning of Science fun. Target Audience
The intervention aims to reach out to a group of about 2000 students at the rate of 100 students each of secondary and senior secondary level from approximately 20 schools and a group of 35-40 teachers. It is proposed to expose the children to quality quizzing. The intention also aims at an extended engagement with the schools to improve the quality of Science teaching. Programme Design
The “H.R Singh Challenge Cup” Science Quiz Competition is beneficial for both the students and the institution for Rewards and Recognitions. A guidance booklet will be provided to the schools outlining the various rounds of the competitions at varied levels. The Selection Round: The first level of competitions, which is an MCQ based written test, will take place at the School. This will assist schools to form the representative three member team at junior and senior level. The Elimination Rounds: This will be an Inter-School competition at District level. All the teams will participate in the elimination round through Face-to-Face mode. Each school is required to send a team constituted of three students and two reserve members along with a supervising faculty. There should be one senior and one junior team from each school. A fair representation of gender and Medical and Non-Medical branch is solicited. The Final Round: Best eight teams will be selected for the final round. Rewards: In addition to embracing students with curiosity, creativity and scientific temperament, the winning school will bag the “H.R Singh Challenge Cup” in addition to the monetary reward for the participants of the winning team. The winners will receive rewards; recognition and also an opportunity to avail higher education/industrial experience with our CSR partners. All students registering for the H.R Singh Challenge Cup will receive a complementary scientific gift.
