A.E.S.

Senior Secondary School, Prasad Nagar, Delhi

Date: 23rd March 2015
Time: 10:30 AM 01:00 PM
Venue: A.E.S. Senior Secondary School, Prasad Nagar
No of participating students: 30 students of class XII
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany, Sutapa LahaDe
Celebrating the International Year of Light, the resource persons showed activities on non-visibility of light,
rectilinear propagation of light, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, working of prism, lenses and mirrors,
real & virtual objects and images and diffraction.
The students participated in the discussions and wrote in their feedback that they had never attended such a
session earlier, requesting for more sessions.

St Josephs Convent High School, Mumbai

Date: 09th January 2015
Time: 01:00 PM 02:00 PM
Venue: St Josephs Convent High School, Mumbai
No of Participating teachers: 6 TGTs
No of participating students: 49 of class IX
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Mrs Pragya Nopany conducted a session on Optics. The activities ranged from rectilinear propagation of light to
reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, lenses and mirrors and diffraction. The students were amazed to see
such activities and requested for more such sessions.

Sachdeva Public School, Dwarka.

Date: 15th Nov 2014
Time: 12:30 PM 02:30 PM
Venue: Sachdeva Public School, Dwarka.
No of participating students: 25 of class XI & XII
No of Participating teachers: 3
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
The resource persons demonstrated about 15 activities on Atmospheric pressure, fluid pressure, Bernoullis
theorem, electrostatics, current electricity, Ray & Wave Optics.
The students participated very enthusiastically and requested for more such programs.

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad.

Date: 18th Oct 2014

Time: 10:00 AM 12 noon
Venue: Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad.
No of Participating students: 80 students of class VIII
No of Participating teachers: 2
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
A 2- hour session to bring home the beauty of laws of nature was conducted at Khaitan Public School, Ghaziabad.
Physics concepts on force and pressure and optics were demonstrated in 20 short activities, discussion, hands on
and quizzing. Some of the common misconceptions related to pressure were also clarified in the activities. Smoke
box and Dettol water was used to make the path of light visible in the activities involving optics.

Bal Bharti Public School, Noida.

Date: 20th Sept 2014
Time: 11:15 AM 01:15 PM
Venue: Bal Bharti Public School, Noida.
No of Participating students: 15
No of Participating teachers: 15
Level of teachers: Middle & High School Teachers
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
The resource persons demonstrated about 15 activities on various topics of mechanics, electromagnetism & optics
and interacted with the students & teachers present. Mr Shalabh Sharma, the physics teacher of the host school
was also encouraged to demonstrate along with Anveshika resource persons.

Kendriya Vidyalaya INA, New Delhi.

Date: 26th July 2014

Time: 08:00 AM 10:30 AM
No of Participating students: 36 students of class XI, 4 students of Inspire program of
classes VI,VII, IX,X
No of teachers: 2
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs M.K.Uma
Programme Details:
A 2- hour session to bring home the beauty of laws of nature was conducted at Kendriya
Vidyalaya, INA, New Delhi. Physics concepts on motion, forces, conservation of momentum &
energy, pressure, its measurement & application in daily life were illustrated through
demonstration of 22 short activities, discussion, hands on and quizzing.
Feedback:
Magical, Innovative, Interactive and fun filled, delightful, motivating, eye opener, mind
blowing, awesome are some of the adjectives used for the workshop by the participants in their
written feedbacks.
Physics was very hard for me but now I understand it is not in books but around us- another
common feedback.
The teachers were very friendly
Please hold more such workshops in our school.
Our Feedback:
The joy on the students faces their comments on friendliness of resource persons and their
written response that they now like physics and understand it better make us realize the state of
physics education in most schools and our greater responsibility towards spreading its excitement.

Heritage School, Rohini

Date: 17th May 2014
Time: 8:30 AM 10:30 AM
No of Participating Students: 80 Students of Class VII
No f teachers: 4 TGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Smita Fangaria
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
Workshop was conducted at two venues simultaneously in a two hour session.

Many activities were demonstrated in the workshop to explain concepts of force and simple
machines. Different types of simple machines were demonstrated to them. The students realized
the mechanical advantage of the various machines by measuring the effort required to lift the
load. They used the spring balance to measure the lessened effort required in simple machines
like inclined planes, various combination of pulleys, wheels and axels and levers. They enjoyed
measuring the effort required in various types of levers which were made by changing the position
of the fulcrums.
Students enjoyed the demonstration as it was informative, interactive and eye catching for them.

DAV School, Shreshth Vihar

Date: 17th May 2014

Time: 8:30 AM 11:00 AM
No of Participating Students: 94 Students of Class XII & XI
No f teachers: 3 PGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, uses of a gold leaf
electroscope, differences in the behavior of conductors and insulators, Franklins bell, decrease of
voltage along field lines, conductor as an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding, capacitors
made from steel glasses and plates. Some of the student volunteers experienced the thrill of
trying an activity by their own hands and some were given memento exhibits to cherish and
remember the workshop.

Kendriya Vidyalaya 2, Delhi Cantt.

Date: 3rd May 2014
Time: 10:30 AM 12:20 PM
Topic of the workshop: Electrostatics
No of Participating Students: 75 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 5
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, differences in the
behavior of conductors and insulators, pie plate electroscope, decrease of voltage along field lines,
conductor as an equipotential volume, role of dielectrics in reducing field, electrostatic shielding,
charge storing capacity of a capacitor, capacitors made from steel plates, effect of series and
parallel combination on time constant, Van de Graaff generator and electrostatics of conductors
through it, corona discharge.
Some of the student volunteers enjoyed the trying their hands at selective activities. The interest
shown by the students and their interaction was exceptional. The feedbacks written by students
show their deep appreciation and hunger for more such programs.

DAV School, Sahibabad

Date: 26th April 2014
Time: 8:30 AM 11:00 AM
No of Participating Students: 100 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 3 PGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
3. Bharati Kulshreshtha
Programme Details:
About 20 activities illustrating different concepts of electrostatics in class XII syllabus were shown
and discussed with the students two types of charges, conduction, Induction, uses of a gold leaf
electroscope, differences in the behavior of conductors and insulators, Franklins bell, decrease of
voltage along field lines, conductor as an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding, capacitors
made from steel glasses and plates. Some of the student volunteers experienced the thrill of
trying an activity by their own hands and some were given memento exhibits to cherish and
remember the workshop.

Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls

Date: 19th April 2014
Time: 11:00 AM 01:00 PM
Title of the program: Hands on Science
No of Participating Students: 270 Students of Class X from 19 schools
No f teachers: 20 TGTs from 19 schools
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
3. Mrs Rajni Teckchandani
Programme Details:
VIDYUT forum of Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls in collaboration with "BVN-IAPT
Anveshika" organized a workshop Hands on Science on 19th of April, 2014 from 11am to 1pm
for the students of class X in the school auditorium. The Principal, Mrs. Neeta Rastogi inaugurated
the programme by lighting the lamp. She honoured the resource persons and welcomed the
participants.
Ms Pragya Nopany and Ms Sutapa demonstrated various simple but spectacular activities to
clarify the difficult concepts of Electricity and Magnetism and Mrs Rajni Teckchandani from the
host school presented effective activities to explain the concept of Surface Tension and
atmospheric pressure by actively engaging the participants .
The workshop, aimed at providing a platform for exchange of best practices for teaching science,
was an enriching experience for all the participants as was reflected in their positive feedback and
expectation that such sessions be conducted more often.

The Heritage school, Rohini, Delhi

Date: 8th March 2014
Time: 10:00 AM- 12:00 noon
Participants: 63 Students of Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Smita Fangaria
2. Mrs RanjnaBhardwaj
Concepts explored:

The event was held in the biology laboratory of the school in two simultaneous sessions of one hour each. The
sessions were attended by the students of two sections of class 6 and the science teachers of the school.
The sessions conducted by Mrs Fangaria included activities on force, pressure and wave motion. Students were
given an idea regarding the magnitude of force using a weighing machine. Newtons laws of motion were
demonstrated with simple activities. Air pressure is same in all directions; this was shown with the help of the
syringe. Dependence on water pressure on the depth was demonstrated using no cost plastic coke bottles. Blowing
into a big polyethene bag helped to demonstrate the Bernoullis theorem. Wave motion was shown using a long
line of straws stuck at equal distances with the help of a cello tape.
In the sessions conducted by Mrs Bharadwaj , eye catching demonstrations on propagation of light, scattering of
light, reflection and refraction of light, accommodation of eye etc mesmerized the students.
Students thoroughly enjoyed the activities and learned a lot of physics in the process.

NIOS Campus, NOIDA

Date: 3rd March 2014

Time: 02:00 PM 04:00 PM
Venue: NIOS Campus, A 24/25, Sector-62, NOIDA
Title of the program: Workshop on Inculcation of Scientific Temper through Open Schooling
Participants: 80 Students of Class IX-X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Inertia, Bernoullis principle, Pressure, Electric charges, induction & conduction, Conductors
& insulators, electric field in space, Electomagnetic Induction, Eddy Currents, rectilinear
propagation of light, refraction, reflection, Total Internal reflection, Diffraction.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura

Date: 28th February 2014
Time: 1:00 PM 03:00PM
No of Participating students: 80
No of participating teachers: 2
Level of Participants: students of class VIII of Afternoon school
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
1:00 PM 02:30PM
Demonstration of activities & Discussion
2:30 PM- 3:00 PM Hands on selected activities and feedback

As part of the joint initiative taken by BVN-IAPT Anveshika and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to hold a series of
activity based physics programs at KVs, the first program was held at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura on Feb 28,
2014 for 80 students of class VIII of the afternoon shift of the school from 1pm to 3pm.
The program started with the students competing for the title of Mahabali by trying to blow big birthday balloons
in minimum trials and learning about the pressure games the moving air plays!! The student volunteers further
applied the concept to create paper rain using a whirly and newspaper chits. The next experiment glass over
candle jogged them out of their misconceptions. They loved the pipette fountain, manometer in the bucket,
multicoloured water column in the straw and the no cost densitometer the concepts on fluid pressure were
enjoyed thoroughly.
The chirping bird brought in the concept of sound from oscillations which was further demonstrated by water in
the pipe. An idea of wave propagation was given through an exhibit made of straws. Demonstrations on two kinds
of charges, conduction, induction and polar nature of water kept the young viewers hooked to the show. But what
mesmerised them the most was the LASER light show illustrating the invisibility of light, refraction, reflection and
total internal reflection.
All the while the young learners noted the observations made and the conclusions drawn, asked questions and
requested repeatedly to show the demos again and again, not wanting to let go. After the show, the students were
offered a chance to try their hands at some selected experiments and lo and behold - the whole room burst with
myriad colours of curiosity, fun and excitement! The young scientists wanted to try their hand at everything and
were unstoppable!

The students response was an eye opener for the resource persons Pragya Nopany & Sutapa Laha De and an
inspiration to march on!

The written feedbacks from the students further confirm how eager they are to have firsthand experiences of this
kind which drive the concepts straight home.

Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad

Date: 25th January 2014
Time: 10:30 AM 01:00PM

No of Participating students: 40
No of participating teachers: 3
Level of Participants: students of classes VI-IX, XI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
3. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:

10:30 AM 01:00PM

Demonstration of activities & Discussion

Activities on wide ranging concepts from mechanics, fluid mechanics, electrostatics, current electricity,
electromagnetism, ray optics were demonstrated and discussed. The students of science club of the school
interacted enthusiastically and enjoyed the session thoroughly.

MB World Academy, Kolkata

Date: 7th January 2014
Time: 10:00 AM 2:30PM
No of Participating Students: 160
No f teachers: 14 from MB World Academy & 2 from Shree Bharati School

Level of Participants: Secondary & Senior Secondary Students, TGTs & PGTs
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
10:00 - 12:30
- Demonstration of activities & Discussion
12:30 - 01:00
- Interaction with the students & Question Answer session
01:00 - 01:30
- Refreshment
01:30 - 02:30
- Special session with science & physics teachers of primary, middle
& senior
school
Two and a half hour program involved showing of activities on wide ranging topics mechanics, fluid mechanics,
electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, ray optics, wave optics, vibrations & sound. The students of
MB world Academy were very enthusiastic, interacted very actively, enjoyed analyzing each demo and had lot
many questions on wide ranging observations. The session with teachers was very enriching and teachers
requested to see some more activities which were then observed very keenly by them.
Thnevtwas

South City International School, Kolkata

Date: 8th January 2014
Time: 09:30 PM 12:30PM

Participating Schools: South City International School, Apeejay School (Salt Lake), Apeejay School (Park
Street), Delhi Public School (New Town), Shri Vidyanjali International School, Shri Shri Academy
No of Participating students: 80
No of participating teachers: 20
Level of Participants: students of classes IX-X and TGTs
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
09:30 AM 12:00PM Demonstration of activities & Discussion
12:00 PM 12:30 PM
Special Interaction with teachers
Activities on wide ranging concepts from mechanics, fluid mechanics, electrostatics, current electricity,
electromagnetism, ray optics, wave optics, vibrations & sound were demonstrated and students were encouraged
to analyse their observations. The whole hearted participation of the students from all 6 schools was indeed an
inspiration for the resource person. The feedback from the students and the teachers was very encouraging and
heartwarming.

Amity University, Sector 125, Noida

Date: 12th October 2013
Time: 09:30 PM 01:00PM
No of Students: 35

No of teachers: 1
Level of Participants: Class VI, VII
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany 2. Mrs Sutapa Laha De

B.K.Birla Centre for Education, Pune

Session 1
Date: 6th October 2013
Time: 09:30 AM 10:30AM

No of Students: 106
No of teachers: 6
Level of Participants: Class IX
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Contact & Non Contact - Different types of Forces, Newtons Laws of Motion, Measure of force.

Session 2
Date: 6th October 2013
Time: 11:30 AM 1:00PM
No of Students: 100
No of teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Class X
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: Electrostatic forces, Conductors & Insulators, conduction through dough, series & parallel
connections, magnetic effects of current, electromagnetic induction, rectilinear propagation of light, shadow
formation, bending of light & diffraction.

Session 3

Date: 6th October 2013

Time: 05:30 PM 7:30PM
No of Students: 20 No of teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Class X, XI, XII
Resource Persons: Mrs Pragya Nopany
Concepts explored: (i) angular displacement and vector addition, centripetal force, work-kinetic energy theorem,
torque, Bernoullis principle, Pascals law & measurement of pressure. (ii) Electric potential, combinations of cells,
circular motion of charges in magnetic field, para & diamagnetism, electromagnetism, eddy currents.

The Heritage School, Rohini

Date: 21st Sept 2013
Time: 10:50 AM 12:50 PM
No of Students: 58
Level of Participants: Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Laha De
Programme Details:
Concepts explored:

2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj

3. Mrs Pragya Nopany

Demonstration of 20 activities by resource persons & Discussion

Air Pressure, Capillary Action, Density, Newtons Third Law, Friction, Ray Optics

New Era Public School, Mayapuri, Delhi

Date: 20th July 2013
Time: 11:00 AM 01:00 PM
Name of the Participating Students: 80
Level of Participants: Class X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Lahade
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 15 activities by resource persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Pressure, flame Inertia, 1 N force, friction, different accelerations of falling objects, Pascals
law, measuring magnetic
repulsion between magnets, Conduction through dough, factors affecting resistance, electricity
concepts through potato
cells, magnetic field of current carrying coil, magnetic Lorentz force, electric motor,

Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi

Date: 13th July 2013
Session 1
Time: 07:30 AM 9:30AM
No of Students: 25
Level of Participants: Class XI-XII
Session 2:
Time: 09:30 AM 11:30AM
No of Students: 85
Level of Participants: Class IX-X
Resource Persons:
Pragya Nopany

1. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj 2. Mrs Smita Fangaria 3. Mrs Sutapa Laha De 4. Mrs

Programme Details:

Demonstration and discussion of 20 activities by resource persons

Concepts explored:
Different types of forces- contact forces and those acting at a distance, capacitor physics,
emf, internal resistance and
power through potato cells, ray optics through laser.

Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Mehta Vidyalaya

Date: 16th May 2013
Time: 02:30 PM 04:30 PM
Name of the Participating School: Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Mehta Vidyalaya
No of Students: 50
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Lahade
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany

Programme Details:
02:30 - 04:00
Demonstration of 15 activities by resource persons & Discussion
04:00 -04:30
Question hour and feedback
Concepts explored:
Two kinds of charges, Gold leaf electroscope and its use to detect charge and its nature,
charging by friction, conduction and induction, difference between conductors and insulators,
relation between electric fieldand potential, equipotential surfaces, conductor an equipotential
volume, electrostatic shielding and Gausss theorem, capacitor and its use, series and parallel
combinations of capacitors, capacitors from steel plates and glasses, paper capacitor,
discharging through LED and time constant.

Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, New Delhi

Date: 27th April 2013
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM
Names of the Participating Schools: Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Father Agnel School, Greater
Noida
No of Students: 80
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany

2. Mrs Smita Fangaria

3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
08:30 - 10:30
Demonstration of 20 activities by resource persons, brainstorming,
discussion and games
Concepts explored:
Observation & Analysis, Inertia, SI unit of force, mass independence of g, weightlessness,
action and reaction, Archimedes principle and Newtons third law, friction, velocity and
centripetal acceleration in circular motion, curved surface of rotating water, velocities in rolling
motion, motion on straight and curved inclines.

Rukmini Devi Public School, Pitampura, Delhi

Date: 3rd November 2012
Time: 08:30 AM 11:00AM
No of Participants: No of Students: 500, No of Teachers: 7
Level of Participants: Classes IX, X, XI, XII

Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
3. Mr Rakesh Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
08:30 - 08:40
Welcome
08:40 10:00
Demonstration & Discussion of 13 activities on Mechanics
10:00 - 11:00
Video show, Demonstrations & Discussion on oscillations & Resonance.
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, third law of
motion, friction, circular motion and centripetal force, centre of mass, Oscillations, sympathetic
vibrations & resonance, waves, sound waves.

Apeejay School, Saket, Delhi

Date: 6th October 2012
Time: 11:50 AM 1:50PM
No of Participants: No of Students: 50, No of Teachers: 4
Level of Participants: Classes IX, X, XI, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany

2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj

Programme Details:
11:50 - 1:30
Demonstration & Discussion of 16 activities by resource persons
1:30 - 1:50 Open House/Discussion
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, third law of
motion, friction, weightlessness, circular motion and centripetal force, centre of mass, Bernoullis
principle, current and voltage in series and parallel electrical circuits, magnetic field of a circular
coil, electromagnetic induction, eddy currents, electromagnetic damping.

Manav Sthali School, New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi

Date: 22nd September 2012
Time: 10:00 AM 1:00PM
No of Participants: No of Students: 30, No of Teachers: 5
Level of Participants: Classes XI, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany

3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj

4. Mrs M.K.Uma
Programme Details:
10:00 - 12:30
Demonstration & Discussion of 16 activities by resource persons
12:30 - 1:00
Mind Teasers & Discussion, Vote of Thanks
Concepts explored:
Force due to pressure difference, SI unit of force, Inertia & First Law of Motion, floating ring
magnets and third law of motion, Buoyant Force & Archimedes Principle, centre of mass,
weightlessness, circular motion and centripetal force, torque and angular momentum,
electromagnetic induction, eddy currents, electromagnetic damping, resonance & positive
feedback.