Primary School Jharokha Experience
By Noyonika Gaba and Asmi Khungar – 5A
Jharokha was held on 6th March, from Primary school, every student from grade 3-5 had to participate in it. We all had different projects/challenges where we got a parent and a teacher’s support and we were successful in meeting our challenges after a lot of trial and error
Grade 5 came up with very
interesting projects and they really were a huge success. My challenge was
'Make a water clock which tracks two hours of time'. You must have heard about
a 'sand clock', it was just similar to that. It seems easy but it was very difficult!
We changed 3 bottles on the final day!
It was all going a flop until Mr. Amit
Nigam came. He gave us an idea of using a beaker and a holder. It really helped
us and it lead us to success! Then we sat there with a stop-watch and tracked
every five minutes. The most tricky part was when we had to present it in front
of everybody there!
Other challenges were- 'Make a rocket
which goes 20ft high', 'To make a system to carry stationary items from Ms
Beena's office to K.G on the 1st floor' and many more. They were trickier than
mine! I saw everybody with a lot of patience doing hard work. After the
preparation time was done. we started receiving guests and you must have been
one of them! Everybody had a lot of patience to listen about our challenge
after which they gave their comment.
Some of our parents also started crying
when they saw the projects and the work we did. We did a lot of hard work and
it was worth it. This was my first time so I enjoyed it a lot. We also had a
bake sale there for eating snacks when we feel hungry and the money will go to
charity! The school was looking so beautiful. This 'Jharokha' was awesome!
We then had a
coke bottle as our fuel tank and fastened it on a scaffold with the cap facing
downwards. There was a hole present in the cap, small enough for an air pump
pin to fit in. The fuel we chose to use was water and we filled the bottle with
the fuel. We then inserted our pin into the hole and pumped air in it. When we
felt that no more could be pumped we positioned our car and then pulled out our
pin. When this action took place, water is propelled out through the pin
because of the high pressure present. Thus we used partly hydro and mechanical
energy. The phenomena which this experiment follows are Newton’s 3rd law which
states that every reaction has an opposite reaction. We thus achieved in
creating a car which was a whole new fun filled and learning experience.
stall signs and at 8:30 am, all the
participants were told to assemble in the atrium for a pre-Jharokha group
huddle. What came next was one huge wave of excitement. There were groups
running here and there in a hustle to gather things that were needed for the
various challenges and teachers trying to maintain discipline. At 8:45 a.m.,
the teams made their way to their allocated stations to set-up, it was
frantic!!! People asking for tape, asking for spare material, the rivalry was
fierce yet pleasant natured!!! And then the bake-sale opened, who could forget!??!
Talk about a feast fit for a king. The tables were laden with sweet treats such
as Nutella cupcakes, brownies, crème brulee and iced-tea. All the money raised
by the bake-sale went towards funding the upcoming prom for Grade 12.
It was
two goals achieved by one good Feast. On one hand, we got delicious goods and
on the other hand, money was also being raised. Back to the set-up, the
stations were spread out across the 2 floors of the secondary school building.
How the time flew. Before the participants knew it, it was already 10:30 and
that was an even bigger rush than before. The entire quadrangle of the
Secondary Block was spread with Art works of varying hues and styles.
It was
absolutely so breath taking to see the amazing works of varied types put out on
display. As soon as the clock struck 11, guests started flowing in and Jharokha
had officially begun!!!
There were 5 judges who came too, and as a participant,
I can tell you, it was nerve-wracking. The only way we could differentiate
between them and the other guests was that they either had a 9th grade personal
assistant or they were holding a PSN folder. After lunch, 2 or 3 of us were
allowed to go and explore the other areas while the other group took care of
the stall, but I’m sure, no-one really wanted to leave their stations!!! The
day ended with everyone having to clean-up . . . as usual, and I’m pretty sure
that some of us even lost count of the time and missed our buses!!! But who
cares, you only have a Jharokha/science challenge fair once in a year!!
The
Senior and Middle School students were marked by 5 judges, namely, Mr. Sudhir
Narang, Mr. Salil Kumar, Mr. Anubhav Singh, Mr. Manish Gupta and the student
co-ordinator, which was me.
There were wooden cars, aeroplanes, photography, portfolios and loads of
canvases painted with the utmost care and precision to create beautiful art
pieces. The paintings were all put up on bamboo frames; 3D models, skulls
artistically
tied with threads, wooden planes tied with ropes and painted cutouts
of colourful hand gestures added to this wonderful environment! Every work of
art was a masterpiece which we are all proud of!
By Noyonika Gaba and Asmi Khungar – 5A
Jharokha was held on 6th March, from Primary school, every student from grade 3-5 had to participate in it. We all had different projects/challenges where we got a parent and a teacher’s support and we were successful in meeting our challenges after a lot of trial and error
A CAR CREATED FOR JHAROKHA
RUNNING ON ALTERNATE FUEL
Kshitij Upamanyu, Aryan Srivastava, Shamik Majumdar, Stephen Abraham and Aninda Siddique
Form 9
To us, “Jharokha” was a perfect
platform for minds to come and to display their talents. To us the challenge of
building a car powered by an alternate fuel was simply exciting. The challenge
given to us was to create a car which was either powered by solar, wind,
mechanical or hydro energy. Our car was designed to overcome the challenge and
to break records. The car’s body was made of Lego pieces with its own bumper.
The body was fitted with two axles and 4 wheels, 2 on each axle.
JHAROKHA - My Experience . . By Vanshika Goel 6-A
On March 6th we held our 3rd
annual Jharokha fair. The term ‘Jharokha’ means window, and it certainly was
our window into a new world of art, experiments and creativity! This year we
had the theme of science challenges. Grades 3-11 participated in these tasks.
Grade 3 students performed light and sound shows and other innovative work to
entertain the guests. The busy schedule started off with all the finishing
touches being put to the art displays and
Jharokha By Tavishi Gupta Grade 11
The new manner in which Jharokha
was organized this year has to definitely be one of the new traditions we
Pathwaysians have set.
The challenges taken up in
Jharokha were originally a list of science inter-house challenges, that I had
set up in the hope that it could be taken up as an inter-school event later
this year. Dr. Advani soon incorporated this to fit Jharokha just perfectly.
There were more challenges thought out by the teachers, which indeed widened
the scope and provided more motivation for the students!
Jharokha was held on 6th of March
2014. All students had to pick their challenges out of the 3 levels available.
If the team was able to meet the challenge as given in the instructions,
explain the design and process of making the project and also explain the main
concept, scientifically; they would be awarded with both a participation and
commendation certificates. We were delighted to receive eager participation,
with 26 teams registering for various challenges. Also, the entire forms 3,4 and
5 participated! The school building was full of enthusiastic students, working
in groups (3-5 students), getting their projects ready for the exhibition.
The Primary School too presented
their models, but were not marked. Also, Form 3 had a light and sound show
which was brilliantly conducted with flawless performances by the little stars!
As the challenges were taking
place for the first time, this was an amazing start!
Now coming to the art exhibition
of the very talented artists of our school. This too was a part of Jharokha.
None of this would have been
possible without our hard-working science and art teachers who made every
aspect of this day a big success with parents, teachers and students, all
loving and enjoying the experience, which we proudly call Jharokha.
Jharokha by Jae Woo Oh Grade 11
Rohan, Ayush and I chose to make
a mechanical arm (grabber) as a challenge for this science fair. It seemed a
bit difficult but later on after I learned how to make an arm from NXT
(Material given to us to make robot arm), my friends and I could make the arm
successfully. The arm which is built up with Lego blocks has 3 motors. The
three motors are to move the arm left and right; another one to move up and
down and the last one is for grabbing an object. Also, Ayush had constructed a
program for operating the robot arm. After three hours of hard work we could
finish making a fancy mechanical arm
To show how effectively our arm
works, we prepared a ball and two tires so that we could put the ball on the
top of the tire. Our ultimate goal was to move a ball placed on tire to another
tire on the other side using only the mechanical arm. Most of the time, we
could successfully shift the ball. However, there was a minor problem which we
had to grapple with. Since the arm is not moveable, we had to place the tire
carefully considering the range which the arm could move. Probably we would
have been able to successfully move the arm more freely if we had a bit more
time.
Anyway overall, it was amazing
and the learning we all achieved was tremendous.
