DAIS- SCIENCE
FAIR
"Private and confidential"
were the only words uttered by our science
teachers when questioned about the winners
of the First Annual Science Fair of the
Dhirubhai Ambani International School. Secret
smiles spread across their faces as they
added, as an afterthought, "Wait until
Friday!" but it was the wait we could
not stand!
The science fair was initially supposed
to be held on the 30th of July 2005. However,
due to the deluge in Mumbai, it was postponed
to a week later. Classes 8, 9 and 10B participated
in the science fair and the participants
were free to choose their topic of investigation.
Three days prior to the science fair, the
projects were assembled class wise in the
three science laboratories and were judged
by at least 2 science and mathematics teachers.
From each class, the best projects were
selected, and these projects would be displayed
in the science fair.
Finally, the day of the science fair dawned
- Saturday 6th August 2005. Every participant
was bubbling with excitement, and the projects
were carefully arranged in the auditorium.
Participants arrived early and scuttled
about adding finishing touches to their
projects before parents arrived. The fair
began at 9:00 am, and parents of classes
7, 8, 9 and 10 were invited to view these
projects.
Six different science or mathematics teachers
judged the projects using the following
criteria: originality, scientific thought,
thoroughness and clarity. The top three
projects from each standard would be chosen
and announced a week later during assembly.
The auditorium was abuzz with parents questioning
the participants, and the judges busy scribbling
their notes along with participants describing
their investigations. The participants were
not only hungry for praise - they were seen
sneakily digging into delicious samosas
in the auditorium, despite constant reminders
from the teachers to abstain from doing
so. This hunger soon ebbed away as the science
fair drew to an end at 1:30 pm. Participants
were then spotted debating who would walk
away with the accolades.
This debate did not conclude until the 12th
August in the assembly. Once again, we heard
that it doesn't matter if you win or lose
- it's how you play the game! The winners
of the science fair had managed to play
the game successfully. The winners were:
Class 8
1st Sphoorti Pandit for her project
"Effect of Indian cooking on the Nutritional
value of food"
1st Mitaali Vohra and Devika
Patel for their project "The Truth
behind Antacids"
2nd Tanay Delima for his project
"Solar still cum Rain water harvester"
3rd Aditi Rathod for her project
"Worms eat my garbage"
Class 9
1st Sarthak Dhingra and Shriyansh
Maheshwari for their project "How does
height of the car affect its speed"
2nd Isha Ambani and Shloka Mehta
for their project "Multiple Intelligence"
3rd Mansha Mahtani and Sasha
Sahni for their project "Aunty Bacteria"
Class 10
1st Anuraag Jain and Siddhanth
Jhunjhunwala for their project "The
Beach"
1st Ankita Wasan and Saloni Mayekar
for their project "Toothy"
2nd Camille Framroze, Sukriti
Yadava and Ushma Ghatlia for their project
"Just Chill"
3rd Sonia Agarwal for her project
"Soft Drinks"
And to quote Mr. Basu: "It's a great
start and we look forward to a bright future!"
By: Sasha Sahni, Mansha Mahtani & Shloka
Mehta
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