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Venkateswara International School, Sector 10, Dwarka

Date: 16th July 2015


Time: 11:30 AM 1:30 PM
Venue: Venkateswara International School, Dwarka
No of Participating Students: 160 Students of Class XI & XII
No f teachers: 1 PGTs + 2 TGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany
2. Kirti Bharadwaj
Special Initiative: Ms Aarti Mayer of Venkateswara International School
Students watched spellbound as activities on optics, fluid mechanics, laws of motion, elctromagnetism unfolded
the beauty of laws of physics in nature taking them beyond the monotony of chalk & talk into the exciting world
of investigation through mystery, drama, observation, suspense and analysis ! Class XII students stayed beyond
the school time to see as many demonstrations as possible !

Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi


Date: 11th July 2015
Time: 09:30 AM 11:30 AM
Venue: Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi
No of students: 40 students of classes VII & VIII
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Uma M.K.
Celebrating the International year of Light, the young audience was engaged effectively through
demonstrations and discussion on propagation of light through air and other media, directional
and intensity changes at the interface between two media, multiple reflections in plane and
curved mirrors and its enjoyable applications, real and virtual images, working of human eye,
image inversion by the brain. The students also enjoyed hands on activities on making polygon
patterns using 2 mirrors and on image inversion by human brain. Many remarkable exhibits were
demonstrated by teachers of Father Agnel School as well as their students.

Kendriya Vidyalaya 3, Hindan, Ghaziabad


Date: 27th June 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM
Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya 3, Hindan, Ghaziabad
Title of the program: Science Workshop
No of students: 60 students of classes VII & IX
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Principal Mrs Jaishree, KV Hindan
Activities on fluid pressure, Newtons Laws of motion, various types of forces and ray optics kept the
students enthralled. Their keen observation, active participation in discussion, eagerness for hands on
experience made the session enriching and satisfying for all.

Sri Venkateswara International School, Dwarka


Date: 25th May 2015

Time: 08:30 AM 11:00 AM


Venue: Sri Venkateswara International School, Dwarka
No of Participating Students: 130 Students of Class X, XI & XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 3 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Sutapa LahaDe
2. M.K.Uma
Special Initiative: Ms Manisha Aggrawal of Sri Venkateswara International School
The students were introduced to the thrilling world of physics. The workshop focused on demonstrations on
electromagnetism and optics. The student volunteers loved the first hand experience and the other budding
scientists had a lot of queries after seeing the activities.

The Indian School, Delhi

Date: 20th May 2015


Time: 10:30 AM 01:15 PM
Venue: The Indian School, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XI & XII
No f teachers: 1 PGTs + 2 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Ms. Archana Raichandani of The Indian School
Extremely interesting, interactive and intriguing that is how students described the session! They
said it was a very innovative way to help them learn the concepts of physics, a fun way to link
studies with the actual practical applications of physics in day to day life.
Mechanics & Electrostatics were the topics of demonstration & discussion.

Kerala School, Copernicus Marg, Delhi


Date: 16th May 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM

Venue: Kerala School, Copernicus Marg, Delhi


No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 2
Resource Persons: 1. Sutapa LahaDe 2. Renu Mittal
Special Initiative: Ms Yamuna Shekhar of Kerala School
In this workshop on Electrostatics & Optics, the students were introduced to the concepts of
charge, conduction, induction, electric field, potential difference across an electric field,
equipotential surfaces, capacitor, reflection, refraction, diffraction, polarization of light.
The students appreciated that even though the material was low cost, yet the demonstrations
were very effective in clearing the concepts.

DPS Society, Dwarka, Delhi


Date: 14th May 2015
Time: 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
Venue: DPS Society, Dwarka, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 100 National toppers of class IX from DPS Schools nationwide
No f teachers: 45
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Mr Subodh Kumar of DPS, RK Puram
For the students so used to excel in competitive exams by solving numerical, this program was an
eye-opener. They found the session awesome, different and exceeding the standards set by
previous sessions.
Mind tickling demonstrations from Fluid Mechanics, light and Mechanics mesmerized the students
and teachers alike. Some of the teachers also got excited and came forward as volunteers!

DLF Public School, Ghaziabad


Date: 9th May 2015
Time: 09:30 AM 12:00 Noon
Venue: DLF Public School, Ghaziabad
No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 2 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany
2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Suruchi Agarwal of DLF Public School, Ghaziabad
Programme Details:
Activities from Mechanics, Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism & optics were carefully
selected to draw the students attention and engage them in fruitful discussion.

The program was a 'jugalbandi' between the resource persons and the students and everyone thoroughly
enjoyed the experience!
The students were amazed to see activities which were presented in fun way yet cleared their concepts so
easily. They interacted eagerly without hesitation and said that the workshop was beyond the barriers of
language, marks and worked equally well for all of them.

Vidyagyan, Bulandshahar ( A Shiv Nadar Organisation)


Date: 18th April 2015
Time: 10:30 AM 1:30 PM
Venue: Vidyagyan, Bulandshahar ( A Shiv Nadar Organisation)
No of Participating Students: 50 Students of Class IX, X, XI, XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 1 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Uma M.K.
Special Initiative: Ms Neeraj Taneja of Vidyagyan
Programme Details:
Program started with welcome of resource persons by the student representatives.
Taking over, Mrs Pragya Nopany showed many activities on electrostatics and current electricity.
The students were happy to see such a program for the first time and applied their minds very
enthusiastically. They were mesmerized by the simple electrostatic motor and pie plate oscillator.
Ms Uma continued with more activities on Electromagnetism covering a variety of concepts like
Flemings left hand rule, mutual induction, eddy currents.
What a joy it was to interact with these brilliant students from underprivileged background at
Vidyagyan. Great enthusiasm and quick to grasp, the resource person were so motivated by the
lot that they went out of the way to show more activities on Optics even beyond the time. Using
LASER, rectilinear propagation of light, reflection, refraction and total internal reflection, diffraction
were demonstrated.
The students showed their own work including investigatory projects they had done. They also
showed an award winning project on cleaning of rivers.

Manavsthali School, New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi


Date: 13th April 2015
Time: 9:30 AM 12:30 PM
Venue: Manavsthali School, New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 200 Students of Classes X, XI & XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs
Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Special Initiative: M.K.Uma of Manavsthali School
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA, Manav Sthali School, R Block, New Rajendra Nagar,
Delhi, organized an Interactive workshop for the students of the school.
The objective of the workshop was to ignite the young minds to the wonders of PHYSICS through
demonstrations of the concepts using easily available materials so that the students could perform
them even at home. It was LEARNING BY DOING AND EXPERIENCING.
Dr. B.N. Das was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers and a standing ovation of the audience.
Dr. Das then opened his MAGIC BOX out of which popped out numerous exhibits and items. He
moved around the audience keeping them mesmerized with his talk and innovative experiments
and demonstrations. He enthusiastically answered the questions posed by the students. He even
painstakingly explained the step by step method of constructing the exhibits too. His explanation
of the concepts excited the young minds, leaving deep impressions. The Topics covered were
General Physics, Optics Magnetism and Electromagnetism

After the workshop, students crowded round Dr. Das, clearing their doubts on other topics, not
wanting to leave the place even though the school bell rang. Then went back enriched in their
experience and ignited in their minds.

A. E. S. Senior Sec. School, Prasad Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-05


Date: 11th April 2015
Time: 9:30 AM 1:00 PM
Venue: A. E. S. Senior Sec. School, Prasad Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-05

No of Participating Students: 75 Students of Class XII


No f teachers: 27 PGTs & TGTs
Chief Guest: Dr. P.C. Bose, Former D.D.E
Chief Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Anveshika Resource Person: Mrs. Sutapa Laha De
Special Initiative: Ms Sundari of A. E. S. Senior Sec. School, Prasad Nagar
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT Anveshika, A.E.S.Sr.Sec.School, Prasad Nagar organized a Physics workshop
LEARN BY DOING. The objective of the workshop was to expose the teachers and students to
demonstration activities that make learning of the physics concepts easy.
The program began with a devotional song and Lighting of the Lamp.
The Principal of the school Mrs. B.Dhana Lakshmi welcomed the gathering of students and teachers from
all schools of Andhra Educational Society. She wanted the session to promote the CULTURE TO QUERY.
The program began with showing of activities on EMI and LIGHT by three students under the guidance of
Mrs. Sutapa LahaDe. Dr. Das appreciated the students enthusiasm. Dr Das then took over the session and
demonstrated numerous innovative activities to clear the concepts. He also answered students queries
with patience in detail.
Mrs. Sutapa LahaDe, resource person from BVN-IAPT Anveshika expressed her appreciation for the efforts
put in by the school to organize the workshop.
The Principal thanked Dr.Das, Dr.P.C.Bose and Mrs. Sutapa for their zeal to promote science and Mrs.
A.B.T.Sundari, the program Coordinator, for her efforts to organize such excellent workshop to ignite the
minds of the students through activities.
The program ended with vote of thanks by the Vice Principal Mr. G.U.Naidu.

Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi

Date: 10th April 2015


Time: 08:30 AM 01:00 PM
Venue: Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi
Title of the program: Learning with Meaning
No of Participating Students: 130 Students of Class XII from 21 schools
No f teachers: 45 PGTs
Chief Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Special Initiative: Aruna Jalan of Father Agnel School
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA, Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi organized a Physics
workshop LEARNING WITH MEANING The objective of the workshop was to expose the teachers to the
power they have within their limited means, time and infrastructure to transform their Physics class into a
live wire class room bursting with ideas.
The program began with a beautiful shloka by the students of the school and the Lighting of The Lamp.
The Principal of the school, Fr. J.A. Carvalho welcomed the gathering of students and teachers from various
schools across the NCR. He emphasized on the the courage to question, to seek answers.
The Resource person for the day, Dr. B. N. Das took over the session zealously answering the questions
posed by the audience. He proceeded to demonstrate numerous activities with inexpensive materials and
explain concepts of Physics in very simple ways. His experiments were innovative and covered optics,
electromagnetism, surface tension, pressure and many more.
The students of Father Agnel School also showed their activities after Tea and enthralled not only Dr. Das
but the audience also.
Although the Workshop time was up to 1:00 pm but much beyond the time, the excited students and
teachers could be seen discussing in groups the interesting questions posed by Dr. Das.
Mrs Pragya Nopany, Co-ordinator, BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA acknowledged the sincere efforts of the Principal,
Fr. Carvalho, HOD Physics Mr. Ravindra, the Program Coordinator Mrs. Aruna Jalan and her team of staff &
students for taking the movement forward with unmatched zeal. The session ended with a Vote of Thanks
by Mr. Ravindra.

A.E.S. Senior Secondary School, Prasad Nagar, Delhi


Date: 23rd March 2015
Time: 10:30 AM 01:00 PM
Venue: A.E.S. Senior Secondary School, Prasad Nagar
No of participating students: 30 students of class XII
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany, Sutapa LahaDe
Celebrating the International Year of Light, the resource persons showed activities on non-visibility of light,
rectilinear propagation of light, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, working of prism, lenses and mirrors,
real & virtual objects and images and diffraction.
The students participated in the discussions and wrote in their feedback that they had never attended such a
session earlier, requesting for more sessions.

St Josephs Convent High School, Mumbai


Date: 09th January 2015
Time: 01:00 PM 02:00 PM
Venue: St Josephs Convent High School, Mumbai
No of Participating teachers: 6 TGTs
No of participating students: 49 of class IX
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Mrs Pragya Nopany conducted a session on Optics. The activities ranged from rectilinear propagation of light to
reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, lenses and mirrors and diffraction. The students were amazed to see
such activities and requested for more such sessions.

Sachdeva Public School, Dwarka.


Date: 15th Nov 2014
Time: 12:30 PM 02:30 PM
Venue: Sachdeva Public School, Dwarka.
No of participating students: 25 of class XI & XII
No of Participating teachers: 3
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
The resource persons demonstrated about 15 activities on Atmospheric pressure, fluid pressure, Bernoullis
theorem, electrostatics, current electricity, Ray & Wave Optics.
The students participated very enthusiastically and requested for more such programs.

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad.

Date: 18th Oct 2014


Time: 10:00 AM 12 noon
Venue: Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad.
No of Participating students: 80 students of class VIII
No of Participating teachers: 2
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
A 2- hour session to bring home the beauty of laws of nature was conducted at Khaitan Public School, Ghaziabad.
Physics concepts on force and pressure and optics were demonstrated in 20 short activities, discussion, hands on
and quizzing. Some of the common misconceptions related to pressure were also clarified in the activities. Smoke
box and Dettol water was used to make the path of light visible in the activities involving optics.

Bal Bharti Public School, Noida.


Date: 20th Sept 2014
Time: 11:15 AM 01:15 PM
Venue: Bal Bharti Public School, Noida.
No of Participating students: 15
No of Participating teachers: 15
Level of teachers: Middle & High School Teachers
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
The resource persons demonstrated about 15 activities on various topics of mechanics, electromagnetism & optics
and interacted with the students & teachers present. Mr Shalabh Sharma, the physics teacher of the host school
was also encouraged to demonstrate along with Anveshika resource persons.

Kendriya Vidyalaya INA, New Delhi.

Date: 26th July 2014


Time: 08:00 AM 10:30 AM
No of Participating students: 36 students of class XI, 4 students of Inspire program of
classes VI,VII, IX,X
No of teachers: 2
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs M.K.Uma
Programme Details:
A 2- hour session to bring home the beauty of laws of nature was conducted at Kendriya
Vidyalaya, INA, New Delhi. Physics concepts on motion, forces, conservation of momentum &
energy, pressure, its measurement & application in daily life were illustrated through
demonstration of 22 short activities, discussion, hands on and quizzing.
Feedback:
Magical, Innovative, Interactive and fun filled, delightful, motivating, eye opener, mind
blowing, awesome are some of the adjectives used for the workshop by the participants in their
written feedbacks.
Physics was very hard for me but now I understand it is not in books but around us- another
common feedback.
The teachers were very friendly
Please hold more such workshops in our school.
Our Feedback:
The joy on the students faces their comments on friendliness of resource persons and their
written response that they now like physics and understand it better make us realize the state of
physics education in most schools and our greater responsibility towards spreading its excitement.

Heritage School, Rohini


Date: 17th May 2014
Time: 8:30 AM 10:30 AM
No of Participating Students: 80 Students of Class VII
No f teachers: 4 TGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Smita Fangaria
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
Workshop was conducted at two venues simultaneously in a two hour session.

Many activities were demonstrated in the workshop to explain concepts of force and simple
machines. Different types of simple machines were demonstrated to them. The students realized
the mechanical advantage of the various machines by measuring the effort required to lift the
load. They used the spring balance to measure the lessened effort required in simple machines
like inclined planes, various combination of pulleys, wheels and axels and levers. They enjoyed
measuring the effort required in various types of levers which were made by changing the position
of the fulcrums.
Students enjoyed the demonstration as it was informative, interactive and eye catching for them.

DAV School, Shreshth Vihar

Date: 17th May 2014


Time: 8:30 AM 11:00 AM
No of Participating Students: 94 Students of Class XII & XI
No f teachers: 3 PGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, uses of a gold leaf
electroscope, differences in the behavior of conductors and insulators, Franklins bell, decrease of
voltage along field lines, conductor as an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding, capacitors
made from steel glasses and plates. Some of the student volunteers experienced the thrill of
trying an activity by their own hands and some were given memento exhibits to cherish and
remember the workshop.

Kendriya Vidyalaya 2, Delhi Cantt.


Date: 3rd May 2014
Time: 10:30 AM 12:20 PM
Topic of the workshop: Electrostatics
No of Participating Students: 75 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 5
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, differences in the
behavior of conductors and insulators, pie plate electroscope, decrease of voltage along field lines,
conductor as an equipotential volume, role of dielectrics in reducing field, electrostatic shielding,
charge storing capacity of a capacitor, capacitors made from steel plates, effect of series and
parallel combination on time constant, Van de Graaff generator and electrostatics of conductors
through it, corona discharge.
Some of the student volunteers enjoyed the trying their hands at selective activities. The interest
shown by the students and their interaction was exceptional. The feedbacks written by students
show their deep appreciation and hunger for more such programs.

DAV School, Sahibabad


Date: 26th April 2014
Time: 8:30 AM 11:00 AM
No of Participating Students: 100 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 3 PGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
3. Bharati Kulshreshtha
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, uses of a gold leaf
electroscope, differences in the behavior of conductors and insulators, Franklins bell, decrease of
voltage along field lines, conductor as an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding, capacitors
made from steel glasses and plates. Some of the student volunteers experienced the thrill of
trying an activity by their own hands and some were given memento exhibits to cherish and
remember the workshop.

Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls


Date: 19th April 2014
Time: 11:00 AM 01:00 PM
Title of the program: Hands on Science
No of Participating Students: 270 Students of Class X from 19 schools
No f teachers: 20 TGTs from 19 schools
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
3. Mrs Rajni Teckchandani
Programme Details:
VIDYUT forum of Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls in collaboration with "BVN-IAPT
Anveshika" organized a workshop Hands on Science on 19th of April, 2014 from 11am to 1pm
for the students of class X in the school auditorium. The Principal, Mrs. Neeta Rastogi inaugurated
the programme by lighting the lamp. She honoured the resource persons and welcomed the
participants.
Ms Pragya Nopany and Ms Sutapa demonstrated various simple but spectacular activities to
clarify the difficult concepts of Electricity and Magnetism and Mrs Rajni Teckchandani from the
host school presented effective activities to explain the concept of Surface Tension and
atmospheric pressure by actively engaging the participants .
The workshop, aimed at providing a platform for exchange of best practices for teaching science,
was an enriching experience for all the participants as was reflected in their positive feedback and
expectation that such sessions be conducted more often.

The Heritage school, Rohini, Delhi


Date: 8th March 2014
Time: 10:00 AM- 12:00 noon
Participants: 63 Students of Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Smita Fangaria
2. Mrs RanjnaBhardwaj
Concepts explored:

The event was held in the biology laboratory of the school in two simultaneous sessions of one hour each. The
sessions were attended by the students of two sections of class 6 and the science teachers of the school.
The sessions conducted by Mrs Fangaria included activities on force, pressure and wave motion. Students were
given an idea regarding the magnitude of force using a weighing machine. Newtons laws of motion were
demonstrated with simple activities. Air pressure is same in all directions; this was shown with the help of the
syringe. Dependence on water pressure on the depth was demonstrated using no cost plastic coke bottles. Blowing
into a big polyethene bag helped to demonstrate the Bernoullis theorem. Wave motion was shown using a long
line of straws stuck at equal distances with the help of a cello tape.
In the sessions conducted by Mrs Bharadwaj , eye catching demonstrations on propagation of light, scattering of
light, reflection and refraction of light, accommodation of eye etc mesmerized the students.
Students thoroughly enjoyed the activities and learned a lot of physics in the process.

NIOS Campus, NOIDA

Date: 3rd March 2014


Time: 02:00 PM 04:00 PM
Venue: NIOS Campus, A 24/25, Sector-62, NOIDA
Title of the program: Workshop on Inculcation of Scientific Temper through Open Schooling
Participants: 80 Students of Class IX-X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Inertia, Bernoullis principle, Pressure, Electric charges, induction & conduction, Conductors
& insulators, electric field in space, Electomagnetic Induction, Eddy Currents, rectilinear
propagation of light, refraction, reflection, Total Internal reflection, Diffraction.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura


Date: 28th February 2014
Time: 1:00 PM 03:00PM
No of Participating students: 80
No of participating teachers: 2
Level of Participants: students of class VIII of Afternoon school
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
1:00 PM 02:30PM
Demonstration of activities & Discussion
2:30 PM- 3:00 PM Hands on selected activities and feedback

As part of the joint initiative taken by BVN-IAPT Anveshika and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to hold a series of
activity based physics programs at KVs, the first program was held at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura on Feb 28,
2014 for 80 students of class VIII of the afternoon shift of the school from 1pm to 3pm.
The program started with the students competing for the title of Mahabali by trying to blow big birthday balloons
in minimum trials and learning about the pressure games the moving air plays!! The student volunteers further
applied the concept to create paper rain using a whirly and newspaper chits. The next experiment glass over
candle jogged them out of their misconceptions. They loved the pipette fountain, manometer in the bucket,
multicoloured water column in the straw and the no cost densitometer the concepts on fluid pressure were
enjoyed thoroughly.
The chirping bird brought in the concept of sound from oscillations which was further demonstrated by water in
the pipe. An idea of wave propagation was given through an exhibit made of straws. Demonstrations on two kinds
of charges, conduction, induction and polar nature of water kept the young viewers hooked to the show. But what
mesmerised them the most was the LASER light show illustrating the invisibility of light, refraction, reflection and
total internal reflection.
All the while the young learners noted the observations made and the conclusions drawn, asked questions and
requested repeatedly to show the demos again and again, not wanting to let go. After the show, the students were
offered a chance to try their hands at some selected experiments and lo and behold - the whole room burst with
myriad colours of curiosity, fun and excitement! The young scientists wanted to try their hand at everything and
were unstoppable!

The students response was an eye opener for the resource persons Pragya Nopany & Sutapa Laha De and an
inspiration to march on!

The written feedbacks from the students further confirm how eager they are to have firsthand experiences of this
kind which drive the concepts straight home.

Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad


Date: 25th January 2014
Time: 10:30 AM 01:00PM

No of Participating students: 40
No of participating teachers: 3
Level of Participants: students of classes VI-IX, XI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
3. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:

10:30 AM 01:00PM

Demonstration of activities & Discussion

Activities on wide ranging concepts from mechanics, fluid mechanics, electrostatics, current electricity,
electromagnetism, ray optics were demonstrated and discussed. The students of science club of the school
interacted enthusiastically and enjoyed the session thoroughly.

MB World Academy, Kolkata


Date: 7th January 2014
Time: 10:00 AM 2:30PM
No of Participating Students: 160
No f teachers: 14 from MB World Academy & 2 from Shree Bharati School

Level of Participants: Secondary & Senior Secondary Students, TGTs & PGTs
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
10:00 - 12:30
- Demonstration of activities & Discussion
12:30 - 01:00
- Interaction with the students & Question Answer session
01:00 - 01:30
- Refreshment
01:30 - 02:30
- Special session with science & physics teachers of primary, middle
& senior
school
Two and a half hour program involved showing of activities on wide ranging topics mechanics, fluid mechanics,
electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, ray optics, wave optics, vibrations & sound. The students of
MB world Academy were very enthusiastic, interacted very actively, enjoyed analyzing each demo and had lot
many questions on wide ranging observations. The session with teachers was very enriching and teachers
requested to see some more activities which were then observed very keenly by them.
Thnevtwas

South City International School, Kolkata


Date: 8th January 2014
Time: 09:30 PM 12:30PM

Participating Schools: South City International School, Apeejay School (Salt Lake), Apeejay School (Park
Street), Delhi Public School (New Town), Shri Vidyanjali International School, Shri Shri Academy
No of Participating students: 80
No of participating teachers: 20
Level of Participants: students of classes IX-X and TGTs
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
09:30 AM 12:00PM Demonstration of activities & Discussion
12:00 PM 12:30 PM
Special Interaction with teachers
Activities on wide ranging concepts from mechanics, fluid mechanics, electrostatics, current electricity,
electromagnetism, ray optics, wave optics, vibrations & sound were demonstrated and students were encouraged
to analyse their observations. The whole hearted participation of the students from all 6 schools was indeed an
inspiration for the resource person. The feedback from the students and the teachers was very encouraging and
heartwarming.

Amity University, Sector 125, Noida


Date: 12th October 2013
Time: 09:30 PM 01:00PM
No of Students: 35

No of teachers: 1
Level of Participants: Class VI, VII
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany 2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De

B.K.Birla Centre for Education, Pune


Session 1
Date: 6th October 2013
Time: 09:30 AM 10:30AM

No of Students: 106
No of teachers: 6
Level of Participants: Class IX
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Contact & Non Contact - Different types of Forces, Newtons Laws of Motion, Measure of force.

Session 2
Date: 6th October 2013
Time: 11:30 AM 1:00PM
No of Students: 100
No of teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Class X
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Electrostatic forces, Conductors & Insulators, conduction through dough, series & parallel
connections, magnetic effects of current, electromagnetic induction, rectilinear propagation of light, shadow
formation, bending of light & diffraction.

Session 3

Date: 6th October 2013


Time: 05:30 PM 7:30PM
No of Students: 20 No of teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Class X, XI, XII
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: (i) angular displacement and vector addition, centripetal force, work-kinetic energy theorem,
torque, Bernoullis principle, Pascals law & measurement of pressure. (ii) Electric potential, combinations of cells,
circular motion of charges in magnetic field, para & diamagnetism, electromagnetism, eddy currents.

The Heritage School, Rohini


Date: 21st Sept 2013
Time: 10:50 AM 12:50 PM
No of Students: 58
Level of Participants: Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
Programme Details:
Concepts explored:

2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj

3. Mrs Pragya Nopany

Demonstration of 20 activities by resource persons & Discussion


Air Pressure, Capillary Action, Density, Newtons Third Law, Friction, Ray Optics

New Era Public School, Mayapuri, Delhi


Date: 20th July 2013
Time: 11:00 AM 01:00 PM
Name of the Participating Students: 80
Level of Participants: Class X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Lahade
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 15 activities by resource persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Pressure, flame Inertia, 1 N force, friction, different accelerations of falling objects, Pascals
law, measuring magnetic
repulsion between magnets, Conduction through dough, factors affecting resistance, electricity
concepts through potato
cells, magnetic field of current carrying coil, magnetic Lorentz force, electric motor,

Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi


Date: 13th July 2013
Session 1
Time: 07:30 AM 9:30AM
No of Students: 25
Level of Participants: Class XI-XII
Session 2:
Time: 09:30 AM 11:30AM
No of Students: 85
Level of Participants: Class IX-X
Resource Persons:
Pragya Nopany

1. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj 2. Mrs Smita Fangaria 3. Mrs Sutapa Laha De 4. Mrs

Programme Details:

Demonstration and discussion of 20 activities by resource persons

Concepts explored:
Different types of forces- contact forces and those acting at a distance, capacitor physics,
emf, internal resistance and
power through potato cells, ray optics through laser.

Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Mehta Vidyalaya


Date: 16th May 2013
Time: 02:30 PM 04:30 PM
Name of the Participating School: Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Mehta Vidyalaya
No of Students: 50
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Lahade
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany

Programme Details:
02:30 - 04:00
Demonstration of 15 activities by resource persons & Discussion
04:00 -04:30
Question hour and feedback
Concepts explored:
Two kinds of charges, Gold leaf electroscope and its use to detect charge and its nature,
charging by friction, conduction and induction, difference between conductors and insulators,
relation between electric fieldand potential, equipotential surfaces, conductor an equipotential
volume, electrostatic shielding and Gausss theorem, capacitor and its use, series and parallel
combinations of capacitors, capacitors from steel plates and glasses, paper capacitor,
discharging through LED and time constant.

Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, New Delhi


Date: 27th April 2013
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM
Names of the Participating Schools: Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Father Agnel School, Greater
Noida
No of Students: 80
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany

2. Mrs Smita Fangaria


3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
08:30 - 10:30
Demonstration of 20 activities by resource persons, brainstorming,
discussion and games
Concepts explored:
Observation & Analysis, Inertia, SI unit of force, mass independence of g, weightlessness,
action and reaction, Archimedes principle and Newtons third law, friction, velocity and
centripetal acceleration in circular motion, curved surface of rotating water, velocities in rolling
motion, motion on straight and curved inclines.

Rukmini Devi Public School, Pitampura, Delhi


Date: 3rd November 2012
Time: 08:30 AM 11:00AM
No of Participants: No of Students: 500, No of Teachers: 7
Level of Participants: Classes IX, X, XI, XII

Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
3. Mr Rakesh Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
08:30 - 08:40
Welcome
08:40 10:00
Demonstration & Discussion of 13 activities on Mechanics
10:00 - 11:00
Video show, Demonstrations & Discussion on oscillations & Resonance.
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, third law of
motion, friction, circular motion and centripetal force, centre of mass, Oscillations, sympathetic
vibrations & resonance, waves, sound waves.

Apeejay School, Saket, Delhi


Date: 6th October 2012
Time: 11:50 AM 1:50PM
No of Participants: No of Students: 50, No of Teachers: 4
Level of Participants: Classes IX, X, XI, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany

2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj


Programme Details:
11:50 - 1:30
Demonstration & Discussion of 16 activities by resource persons
1:30 - 1:50 Open House/Discussion
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, third law of
motion, friction, weightlessness, circular motion and centripetal force, centre of mass, Bernoullis
principle, current and voltage in series and parallel electrical circuits, magnetic field of a circular
coil, electromagnetic induction, eddy currents, electromagnetic damping.

Manav Sthali School, New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi


Date: 22nd September 2012
Time: 10:00 AM 1:00PM
No of Participants: No of Students: 30, No of Teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Classes XI, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany

3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj


4. Mrs M.K.Uma
Programme Details:
10:00 - 12:30
Demonstration & Discussion of 16 activities by resource persons
12:30 - 1:00
Mind Teasers & Discussion, Vote of Thanks
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, floating ring
magnets and third law of motion, Buoyant Force & Archimedes Principle, centre of mass,
weightlessness, circular motion and centripetal force, torque and angular momentum,
electromagnetic induction, eddy currents, electromagnetic damping, resonance & positive
feedback.

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