Training DPS Teachers

Being a resource person is a great responsibility.I was appointed to train DPS teachers on 3oth september'08 and 1st october'08 to train them about think.com functionalities and project based learning.The whole exercise was a new learning experience for me.The workshop was conducted smoothly and our school was praised for our efforts to spread project learning amongst more and more teachers and students.

People who inspire us

Mahatma Gandhi - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IPA: [moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi]) (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore) and in India also as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and world-wide as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers in protesting excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, for expanding women's rights, for building religious and ethnic amity, for ending untouchability, for increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving Swaraj—the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (249 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, on numerous occasions, in both South Africa and India.

Gandhi was a practitioner of non-violence and truth, and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn he had hand spun on a charkha. He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as means of both self-purification and social protest.

The best student work on Think.com-
Sagrika Behl (vi)
Sameer (viii)
Sarang (viii
K.V Smitha(viii)
Shubhangi Verma (viii)
Ghanishtha Talwar (vii)
Well Done

Details of Photos posted :

First photo exhibits the chief guests of the occasion of launch of India development gateway portal ,next three photos are exhibiting the interaction of our school students with Mr. Madhav Rao Scindia (details of ocassion Launch of India Gateway portal Vigyan Bhawan on 4th July provided on the earlier post).

Fifth and sixth photographs showcase my visit to Singapore,Where I was invited to attend 21st century learning institute to learn Project Based Learning(details provided in the earlier posting)

Our school students and teacher at the exhibition held at vigyan bhawan.

On the occasion of launch of India gateway portal on 4th July'2008,our school showcased Think.com by highlighting our Think.com project Waste generation and waste management.

The students (Shobhit Jain and Shreshtha Jain of class -vii) interacted with important personalities like Sh.Madhav Rao Scindia,Minister of state of information and technology ,Dr. M.S.Swaminathan (father of green revolution and chairman of India gateway portal).

The chief guest of the program were :
Hon'ble President of India- Smt.Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
Mr.Thiru Raja
Mr. A.Raja

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM


1. Our school has won Think.com "Winners Award" for Best Performing School amongst private and other government schools at the National level.

2. Our School's Think.com teacher administrator Preeti Sharma was selected for the Project based learning offered at 21st century learning institute Singapore. Her classes were held at Nanyang Executive Center(NTC), Singapore.
Results

Category- Best Student work among Private and other Government Schools at the National Level

Group-I (Classes X to XII)
T.S. Shriram of Class X won the First "WINNERS AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'World Peace'.
N.Gopalan of Class X won the Second "GOOD EFFORT AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'Global Warming'.

Group-II (Classes VII to IX)
Aman Mittal of IX A won the First "WINNERS AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'Indigenous Sports'.
Pallavi Behl of IX A won the "GOOD EFFORT AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'Cleaner Energy Resources'.

Group-III (Classes IV to VI)
Shreshtha Jain of VI E won the "GOOD EFFORT AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'Indian Air Force'.
Archit Jain of VI C won the "GOOD EFFORT AWARD" for designing web pages on the topic 'My Story Books'.







STUDENT SPACE SCIENTIST PROGRAM

Level 1 Results

The following students started a debate on the following topics & invited responses from all over the world. Then the results were compiled by them and an article was written by them on the topics given below:-


GROUP 1 :- New approaches to sanitation
GROUP 2 :- Sanitation and Environment


The winners of Level 1 (Class X to XII)
GROUP-1
S.NO. NAME CLASS TOPIC
1 Nitin Gupta X Mercy Killing
2 Neerav Singhal X Space Colonisation
3 Pallavi Behl X Science & Religion
4 Charu Garg X Genetically modified crops
5 Shailja Shukla X Designer babies


The winners of Level 2 (Class VII to IX)

GROUP-2
S.NO. NAME CLASS TOPIC
1 Vibhor Goel IX Space Tourism
2 Kartik Kariwal IX Aliens (UFO's)
3 Varun Duggal IX Can Robots replace humans
4 Vishal Biswas IX Ancient Science vs Modern Science
5 Sahil Jain IX Global Warming



Interact with scientists of ISRO

Following students and teacher of our school won the best question asked from the scientists of ISRO.

INTERACT WITH SCIENTIST –RESULT (WEEK –1)

Pallavi Behl -CLASS 10,D.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL,PITAMPURA

Question: How does a satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit stays synchronized with the location of the Sun relative to Earth?
ANSWER-A sun-synchronous orbit (also called a heliosynchronous orbit) such as Resourcesat combines altitude and inclination in such a way that the satellite passes over any given point of the Earth's surface at the same local solar time. Resourcesat for instance, crosses the equator fourteen times a day, always at 9.30local time. This is achieved by having the orbital plane of the satellite's orbit precess (rotate) approximately one degree eastward each day, to keep pace with the Earth's revolution around the sun. With a sun-synchronous orbit, observation of the ground is improved as scene illumination remains constant May. 01, 2008



INTERACT WITH SCIENTIST –RESULT (WEEK 2)

CHARU G-DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL Pitampura ,Class10
Question. A lunar eclipse always occur on a full moon day but why it does not occur on every full moon day?
ANSWER When the orbiting moon travels through the earth shadow, eclipse occurs. You can't see it because the sunlight does not fall on it. However, due to orbital inclination of moon it does not always pass through the umbra region of shadow. When it traverses the penumbra region, partial eclipse occurs. when it does not go through either penumbra or umbra region no eclipse occurs.For details kindly refer to the website http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html which explains diagrammatically

Rishabh, Class X,DAV,Pitampura

Question.When a full moon occurs if there were people on the moon would they see a 'full' Earth?
ANSWER On the full moon day the night side of the earth is seen by moon. That means the earth is black to the moon. A black object cannot be seen with black background. It needs a white background. Hence if the earth is inside the sun's illumination, it can be seen as a black disc.



INTERACT WITH SCIENTIST –RESULT (WEEK –3)

Preeti Sharma ,Teacher,DAV Pushpanjali ,Delhi

Question I can see lot of questions focussed on gravity in space .Can you tell me about the kind of atmosphere in space?
ANSWER-Outer space, often simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace (and terrestrial locations). Contrary to popular understanding, outer space is not completely empty (i.e. a perfect vacuum) but contains a low density of particles, predominantly hydrogen plasma, as well as electromagnetic radiation. Hypothetically, it also contains dark matter and dark energy



Result of Digital Painting

WINNER
Shrestha Jain
DAV Public School, Pitampura, Delhi

“Topic -Water Issue"-Its time to get serious about saving water!




Result of Projects

Our school project “A Thing of beauty is a joy forever” won Special Mention Award in the project making contest under Student Space Scientist Program.

The project details –

Student Members –

Neerav Singhal (Class –X)

Charu Garg ( Class – X)

Shailja Shukla ( Class –X)

Pallavi Behl ( Class – X)

Teacher Lead Coach – Preeti Sharma

SPECIAL MENTION AWARD

GROUP 1
A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever DAV Public School, Pusphanjali Enclave, Pitampura Ms Preeti Sharma- Lead Coach Pallavi B- Class 10 Charu Garg- Class 10 shailja shukla- Class 10 Neerav.S-Class 10

I think,therefore I am.....I think
George Carlin

Our school is a member of Think.com an online community of teachers and students,The member students interact with students and teachers of all over the world .It is a useful tool which has really enhanced the whole teaching learning process.

OUR ACTIVITIES ON THINK.COM AT A GLANCE......