{"id":467,"date":"2020-10-17T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?p=467"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:06:14","slug":"national-science-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/index.php\/2020\/10\/17\/national-science-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"National Science Day, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We drew inspiration from Arvind Gupta and created science toys out of trash. Magnetic levitation toy, a handmade CD spectroscope (that showed the spectrum of light), Foucault pendulum and several simple experiments with magnets for school students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"471\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=471#main\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-5.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"472\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=472#main\" class=\"wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"474\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=474#main\" class=\"wp-image-474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We invited around 80 students from four nearby  schools &#8211; Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society School (Gowlidoddi), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Ranga Reddy District), Kendriya Vidyalaya (UoH Campus), Zilla Parishad High School (Serilingampally) for this event. There was a group activity for the students to visualize the order of DNA packaging in living cells. They had to compress a 2 metre wire (analogous to a DNA strand) into compact chromatin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students observing the spectrum of light through a handmade CD spectroscope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"479\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=479#main\" class=\"wp-image-479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9-2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. N. D Hari Dass delivered a popular science talk on the Young\u2019s double slit experiment. He, along with a few TIFRH students, demonstrated how to do this experiment in a spirit closest to that of Young\u2019s 1801 experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"480\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=480#main\" class=\"wp-image-480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/11-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"481\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/11-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ftp.tifrh.res.in\/~suman\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=481#main\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/11-3.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.tifrh.res.in\/~sciencemedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/11-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Basil Thurakkal (graduate student, TIFR Hyderabad) made a short video of the celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Science Day Celebrations at TIFR Hyderabad, 2019\" width=\"774\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DettYIorKHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This programme was successful due to the enthusiatic participation of both the invited school students as well the graduate students from the institute.<br><br><strong>Organisers:<\/strong><br>Anusheela Chatterjee<br>D. 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