OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMMES & ACTIVITIES
1 Visit to National Science Centre to see different gallaries.
2. Visit to factories (e.g. cold drink, ice cream, biscuit, electrical gadgets, electronics items etc.) and observe how the production takes place.
3. Visit to a farm.
4. Visit to a natural resources such as forest.
5. Study the various factors which cause pollution.
6. Visit to some historical monument so as to relate science with these monument.
7. You go around your school compound (or the neighbourhood park) and take a stock of the different plants.
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Visit to National Science Centre (or any Science Museum) to observe different exhibits. Try to understand the scientific principle behind and record your observations and queries.
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Can you suggest any improvement over the prevailing processes.
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Visit to a Diary/Poultry/Agriculture farm and note your observations.
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Visit to a place of natural resources like forest, sanctuary (bird/animal). Record your observations. Find causes which are damaging those. Suggest ways to preserve those.
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Study the various factors which cause the pollutions of atmosphere and surrounding at a conjested road crossing.
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Visit to some historical monuments so as to relate any one aspect of these monuments (e.g. structure) with scientific principles.
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Suggest the spots (if any) and the plants you wanted to
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8. Visit a Zoo. Observe and record the different characteristics (shape, size, colour, food habits, typical behaviours etc.) of some birds and animals.
9. Survey some slum area to study the hygienic conditions.
10. Survey to study the conditions under which persons work in a factory and the common health problems they face.
11. Field trip to neighbourhood areas to collect items like (i) different flowers (ii) different trees/plants and (iii) different feathers of birds.
12. Visit to an observatory like 'Jantar Mantar'. Try to understand the different massive instruments. Take help of guide/teacher/ literature.
be there.
Suggest the plant and the spot (if any), where you want the tree is not necessary (give your reason).
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Only limited aspects for a particular kind of species may be taken, (otherwise one will get lost).
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Try to corelate the hygienic condition with the health and the diseases the people suffer from.
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Suggest some solution for the problems, if you can.
11. Make some conclusion based on your collection.
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What characteristics do you observer it in these instruments.
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