Science Camp for high school students

Mangalore, May 16: The three-day science camp for students of class IX and X by Centre for Advanced Learning commenced on May 15 in the city.

About 45 students from various schools in and around Mangalore are participating in the camp. The purpose of camp was to create awareness and interest in the young minds of students about learning science through experiments.

The inaugural day highlight was that experts in Physics from Pune and Bangalore guided the event. From Pune, Suyash Dake an IT professional who opted for profession of propagating science through experiments lead the team.

He has to his credit 16 Sunday schools running through various centres in Maharashtra and Karnataka teaching science through experiments to the children from class III to X. Physics is his forte. He also produces and supplies science kits to educational institutions through his firm. Thus, he is devoted to science and inculcates interest in science subjects in students catching them young.

He was accompanied by his sister Dr. Sujatha from Bangalore who is a past scientist of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The highlights included demonstrative experiments to begin with by the team followed by several individual experiments by participants through the kits provided to them by Mr. Dake and his team. There was a paper model of first satellite Arya Bhata prepared by the students through the kit supplied to them by the team. The past scientist of ISRO, Dr. Sujatha dwelt in length the history of progress of Satalite technology in India. The team was assisted by Mr. Srikanth Pai a Ph.D. student from IISc and others.

Students thoroughly enjoyed the presentations by Mr. Dake and his team who showed their inquisitiveness in the subject through umpteen number of questions which were answered by the team to their satisfaction. Next two days also there will be similar programs in the field of Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology guided by experts in those fields.