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EVS

‘Observation is the active acquisition of information from a primary source.’
There are three means of acquiring knowledge available to us: observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation.
Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

My Plant World Learning the Power of Roots!!!!
Activity Kids love conducting experiments and always seem so fascinated
‘He that plants trees loves others besides by the way living things and watching and making their own
himself.’ observations, which last lifetime. The difference between tap
With this beautiful thought in roots and fibrous roots was learnt in a fun way with real objects.
mind the Dipsites of class III
explored the surroundings of the The ability to make good observations is also essential to the
school building to learn about development of the other science process skills: communicating,
basic plant structure and their classifying, measuring, inferring, and predicting. To learn about
functions. The activity gave them roots and their types an activity was planned in two stages. In
opportunity to see different types stage 1, the students used the observation method to identify the
of plant, know their names. They types of roots. They used their senses of touch, feel and vision
also understood that plants are to analyze the tap root and fibrous root. In stage 2, the teacher
extremely important to life on assisted the students in observational drawing and developed
Earth. deeper consciousness of seeing things.

States and
Capitals Flash
Card Matching
Activity
Learning about states and
capitals was fun! The class
was divided in 5 teams.
Each team was given a set
of flash cards with names
of states and capitals. Each
member was required to
match the correct state- Observing In-House Sewage
Capital pair. A class quiz Treatment Plant
was also conducted with
rapid fire questions. To make our students aware about the right way of recycling
waste, they were taken to the In-house sewage treatment
plant in school.
Science, Learning and Fun with Sewage treatment plant is used to remove contaminants
Sound’s Activity from wastewater. The in-charge Mr.Yadav briefed the
Students observed different sounds produced by different students about the way water is collected, cleaned and
filtered for further use. Students observed carefully
vessels. These experiments led to a better understanding and learned about the functioning of the Sewage
of sounds we hear around us in our daily life. Students also Treatment Plant and took valuable lessons home.
learnt about and explored how sound is created and travels in
a scientific context.

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