29/02/2020
New Batch of SARS starts from 4th April 2020
Open for teens boys and girls
Register now
Children interested in science and robotics can join
Science Activity & Research School SARS is an opportunity for high school and higher class students to pickup research activities and projects at AGVK
The idea of SARS originated during the summer work shop and subsequent involvement of students in the observation of transit of Venus. It was realized that student at even High School level and certainly beyond are good human resource for carrying scientific studies and research oriented programs. Also such an activity offer a good training ground for inculcating scientific values and culture with added advantage of an early opportunity for research activity.
29/02/2020
New Batch of SARS starts from 4th April 2020
Open for teens boys and girls
Register now
Children interested in science and robotics can join
06/07/2019
Join our Robotic classes ,a unique opportunity.
06/07/2019
SARS has started a advanced robotics program for school going teens. Robotic open cat is the on going project. Great opportunity,If any body wants to join call Dr Saxena Bangalore.
This year SARS activity is taking a new dimension.
Now Pre High School students can join SARS for National and International Science Competitive Projects. A group of 3 to 5 children should join and work at Akash Gyan Vigyan Kendra Dodda gubbi Bangalore Karnataka India.
Call me @ +91 98441 73420
Or email: ajaysaxena1949gmail.com
we are trying to work on the subject of Play School - A setup in Nature
to day we had a week end curiosity and magic science show at AGVK.it well received by audience.
SARS is active with it's programs.
Please see our new web site
gvveswf.wordpress.com
SCIENCE ACTIVITY AND RESEARCH SCHOOL (SARS)
AT
AKASH GYAN VIGYAN KENDRA
102, SONAM LAYOUT DODDA GUBBI BANGALORE 562149
(A UNIT OF GYAN VIGYAN VIKAS EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOUNDATION (GVVESWF)
1DC/320 HRBR LAYOUT 3RD BLOCK BANGALORE-560084)
Back ground
Gyan Vigyan Vikas Educational and Social Welfare Foundation (GVVESWF) were founded by Dr Ajay Kumar Saxena in 2009. GVVESWF is a registered Foundation supported by friends and well-wishers. Donations are exempted under 80 G of GOI Income tax.
The primary objectives of GVVESWF are:
To promote scientific knowledge and education among the school going children of the country.
Creating centers of learning away from school
Engage in the activities related to promotion of Science and social welfare of the society.
Akash Gyan Vigyan Kendra(AGVK) has been setup as part of the activity of GVVESWF for night sky viewing during non monsoon months. Children from different part of the city and neighborhood are invited for scientifically oriented programs during these months.
GVVESWF has also been conducting workshops on scientific and technical skill development of children during the summer. There were participants (high school grade) from various schools in Bangalore.
Adding to its activities a program by the name Science Activity and Research School (SARS) has been running. Now this program operates from the AGVK.
Introduction
We believe that whatever is the profession and involvement of work of an individual, science activity and research can be carried out by him/her, if one has a will to do so. Appropriate resources are certainly an important ingredient for this purpose. Early life of Sir C V Raman has been an inspiration in this aspect. Thus, SARS has been proposed as an attempt to create an arena for such scientific work.
SARS will have an approach to trigger out of the box thinking and bring out the inquisitiveness inherent in young minds and to sensitize them more about Mother Nature. This has been the genesis of GVVESWF.
What SARS will do
The plan is to work with School and college going students wanting to pursue Science and engineering as careers.
• SARS is providing a platform for creative science activity to young children in the age group of teens.
• Children at SARS will be provided guidance and help in their projects of interest and they will be given hands on training in handling science experiments ,building instruments, science demonstration models and optical telescopes for own use. They will have an extra opportunity to Night Sky observing through telescopes set up at Akash Gyan Vigyan Kendra at Dodda Gubbi.
• They can also participate in certain specific research projects designed for them.
• SARS will bring children in contact with people of fame in various fields who will be sharing their experiences under “Meet the Achiever program of SARS”.
• All this with the philosophy of science with fun and more importantly the learning away from school will enhance their personality and social commitment.
SARS will have two fold Program as Part I and Part II
Part I – Scientific and technical skill development
This program involves setting up simple scientific experiments and their demonstration. The experiments are designed to bring out fundamental concepts, rational thinking and developing philosophical aptitude of doing experiments.
Part II – Scientific Research program
The specific programs will be worked out by the faculty and senior students together. Considering the present relevance to SARS philosophy the areas of research are Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). IT WILL BE A GROUP ACTIVITY WITH JUNIOR PARTCIPATING AS WELL.
Science writing, astronomical artwork, Outreach projects such as the Hubble Findings, Google Sky, and phone/iPod applications are possible additions.
Provision for economically challenged participants
SARS program is not only targeted towards participants with resources but also will support the economically challenged participants.
Available Infrastructure
The activities of SARS will be supported by GVVESWF and the infrastructure available with the organization which includes
• Office space
• Computer and communication facilities with internet
• Audio visual facility
• An Opto-mechanical workshop
• Faculty by invitation
Membership
The participation is by membership and the membership is open to 9th to 12th class of children. The scientific activity and participation is extraordinarily flexible to the need of students.
Registration and Annual Subscription
SARS will have a onetime registration fee of Rs500/- per member and monthly nominal contribution of Rs 250/- , may be paid in four equal quarterly installments. Funds for other major projects and studies will be arranged through sponsors and possible donations.
To make this program a success your cooperation and support is solicited.
For further queries and details contact:
Dr . A. K. Saxena
Executive Director (GVVESWF )
Mobile No. : +919844173420
Email: [email protected]
For Joining SARS please email your Registration form. Form submitted through email requires no signature
SCIENCE ACTIVITY AND RESEARCH SCHOOL (SARS)
GYAN VIGYAN VIKAS EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOUNDATION
Application for Registration
Name: ___________________________________________
(Capital letters)
Date of Birth
Class: ___________________________________________
School: ___________________________________________
Father’s name: ___________________________________________
Mother’s name: ___________________________________________
Father’s occupation: _______________________________________
Mother’s occupation: _______________________________________
Mailing Address: _______________________________________
________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________Mobile________________
Email: ______________________________________________________
A brief account of your field of interest in science should be attached with this registration form.
Please return this form along with the registration fee in person at the following address.
No. 320,1D Cross, HRBR Layout, Bangalore-560084
Date: Signature of the applicant
Signature
(Guardian/ Sponsoring Authority with Date)
For further clarifications contact:
Dr. A.K.Saxena,
Email:[email protected] Mobile: +919844173420
Mrs. Parul Saxena, Chief -Coordinator
Mobile : +919844023402
SARS program is now at AGVK Observatory ...
Registration is open for all science technology engineering math (STEM)students.
SARS is starting Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) watch prgrm at AGVK observatory from 11th Jan 2013.All members are welcome to participae
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) photographed at the RAS Observatory near Mayhill, NM on Sept. 22, 2012, by amateur astronomers Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero and Nick Howes of the Remanzacco Observatory.
CREDIT: Remanzacco Observatory/Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Nick Howes
A newly discovered comet has the potential to put on a dazzling celestial display in Oct. to Dec. 2013 , when it will be so bright you may be able to see it briefly in the daytime sky.
The discovery of the object named Comet ISON was announced Monday (Sept. 24) by Russians Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, who detected it in photographs taken three days earlier using a 15.7-inch (0.4-meter)reflecting telescope of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), near Kislovodsk. The new comet is officially known as C/2012 S1.
When first sighted, Comet ISON was 625 million miles (1 billion kilometers) from Earth and 584 million miles (939 million km) from the sun, in the dim constellation of Cancer. It was shining at magnitude 18.8 on the reverse scale used by astronomers to measure the brightness of sky objects (the lower the number, the brighter the object). That makes the comet currently about 100,000 times fainter than the dimmest star that can be seen with the unaided eye.
But at its perihelion (its closest point to the sun), due on Nov. 28, 2013, the comet will come within 800,000 miles (1.2 million km) of the sun’s surface and could evolve into a dazzling object ― possibly bright enough to be visible for a short time in broad daylight. [Spectacular Comet Photos (Gallery)]
The most exciting aspect of this new comet concerns its preliminary orbit, which bears a striking resemblance to that of the “Great Comet of 1680.” That comet put on a dazzling show; it was glimpsed in daylight and later, as it moved away from the sun, it threw off a brilliantly long tail that stretched up from the western twilight sky after sunset like a narrow searchlight beam for some 70 degrees of arc. (A person's clenched fist, held at arm’s length, covers roughly 10 degrees of sky.)
The fact that the orbits are so similar seems to suggest Comet ISON and the Great Comet of 1680 could related or perhaps even the same object.
Comet ISON will be barely visible to the unaided eye when it is in the predawn night sky, positioned against the stars of Leo in October 2013.
On Oct. 16 it will be passing very near both Mars and the bright star Regulus — both can be used as benchmarks to sighting the comet. In November, it could be as bright as third-magnitude when it passes very close to the bright first-magnitude star Spica in Virgo.
The few days surrounding the comet’s closest approach to the sun on Nov. 28, 2013, are likely to be most interesting. It will whirl rapidly around the sun in a hairpin-like curve and perhaps becomes a dazzlingly bright (negative-magnitude) object.
The comet will then whirl north after perihelion and become visible during December both in the evening sky after sunset and in the morning sky before sunrise. Just how bright it will be and how long the tail may get during this time frame is anybody’s guess, but there is hope that it could evolve into a memorable celestial showpiece.
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