Science
Popularization
The Gujarat Science
City has been organizing various activities by involving students, teachers and
visitors as much as possible for making science simple, and interesting. The
Scientific and educational activities in the science city have been broadly
categorized into five areas and have been described as follows.
1.
Science
Popularization Programme: Celebrating Science!
(a) Celebration of Important scientific event
related days, science –week, etc and to involves many as students, teachers,
parents, common people as well as media and policy makers in different themes.
This helps us to raise the local issues at global platform and vice versa.
(b) Organizing of training programs and
workshops for teachers, Science Communicators and science club members and
coordinators.
(c) Organizing of Vigyan Mela (science
Exhibition) and model making workshop, popular scientific film festivals,
popular science book exhibition, etc.
(d) School outreach Programme.
2.
Academic
Programme on Science and Maths:
(a) Organization of talent nature programs
in science and mathematics for teachers and students.
(b) Organization of talent nurture programs
in science and Math Olympiads for school students and teachers.
(c) Meet the scientist Programme:
Interacting with eminent scientist.
(d) Career counseling in frontiers S&T
for higher secondary students.
(e) Organization of Children’s Science
Congress and short term training workshop in science Communication.
3.
Material
Development:
(a) Development of Activity modules on
S&T communication through puppetry, popular Science Writing , illustration
and Journalism , Organization of nature camps, Learning Mathematics through
Origami , training module in hydroponics – fun with plants soil less condition
, model rocketry , telescope making ,night sky observation, etc
(b) Design and Development of theme based
posters like, S& T for sustainable development. Water for life, save Our
sky, Atom for Peace, etc. and theme based activity, exhibit write up, games and
worksheets.
(c) Development of standard reference library
and interactive website.
4
.
Media
Resource Centre:
(a) Design and develops necessary back
ground materials as media kits on important scientific events and activities.
(b) Arrange interviews of renowned
scientists and technocrats.
(c) Design and Development of audio –
Visual CDs, multimedia presentation, and theme based slide shows, etc.
(d) Contributing to weekly science column
in local newspapers.
5.
Training
Students Volunteers:
(a) Involvement of Students volunteers as
interns and providing necessary training and guidance for professional
development.
(b) Skill enhancement of promising science
writers and communicators.
(c) Exposure into different modules of
science popularization activities.
6.
Science
Clubs:
The
Gujarat Science City in association with the Vigyan Prasar, Department of
Science Club programs in an organized manner throughout the state with
networking to weave all science clubs societies, organization. About 500
science Clubs have been formed and renewed and the club members are oriented to
undertake various scientific activities.
(a) Involvement of Students volunteers as
interns and providing necessary training and guidance for professional
development.
(b) Skill enhancement of promising science
writers and communicators.
(c) Exposure into different modules of
science popularization activities.
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