Every unit students are provided
an opportunity to explore through field trips. Students of form -3 went on a field trip to ‘National Science centre’.
Various galleries
on science, technology, anatomy at National Science centre provided an
opportunity to recap
facts familiar to them and
observe some new concepts. Some galleries had working models which were tried
with great enthusiasm. Exhibits with interesting literature helped understand ways to operate the models.
Most models were simple and doable which enthused the learners. Students were
quite amused and were anxious to operate them.
The walk through all the galleries still did
not tire our learners and amidst heavy
traffic and elevated road of the city we halted at the beautifully designed
metal Sun dial.
The newly constructed three dimensional structure was an entirely new experience for students. Students enthusiastically tried to observe the shadow and how the
colorful structure could be used to calculate
time and length of the shadow at
various time of the day. They were led to observe distance between the numbers from one to
twelve and
make scientific connections with the learning in class. They did
after prompts come out with the fact that
direction of the sun helped know
time and determine length of the
shadow. Students were still bubbling
with energy and tried to solve their curiosity with interesting questions.
They enjoyed packed lunch in the green lawns of the Sun dial park
and sang songs with energy all
through their way back to school. The trip was definitely a learning experience
for all and exploring the newly constructed SUN DIAL, a prized construction of
today’s generation was surely a great experience.
