1. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS Rajni Taneja

2. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS  A PROGRAM OF NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION (NCSTC), DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT OF INDIA  CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AT NATIONAL LEVEL BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DECEMBER  PARTICIPATION AT NATIONAL IS THROUGH SELECTION FROM STATE, FROM REGION, FROM DISTRICT

3. Aims & Objectives  National Children's Science Congress (NCSC) provides the children of 10 to 17 years from all over the country a unique opportunity to use their scientific temperament and knowledge to make their own dreams come true. The program was initiated in 1993, with the following objectives  To provide a forum to the young scientists to pursue their natural curiosity and to quench their thirst for creativity by experimenting on open-ended problems;  To make you feel that science is all around and you can gain knowledge as well as solve many problems also be relating the learning process to the physical and social environment of the neighbourhood;  To encourage children throughout the country to visualize future of the nation and help building generation of sensitive, responsible citizens;  To stimulate scientific temperament and learning the scientific methodology for observation, collection of data, experiment analysis arriving at conclusions and presenting the findings.

4. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS  CHILDREN FROM THE AGE GROUP OF 10-17 YEARS  FORM A TEAM OF 2-5 LIKE-MINDED ONES  TO UNDERTAKE A PROJECT ON A FOCAL & SUB- THEME  WORK ON A LOCAL, SOCIAL-RELEVANT PROBLEM  USING METHODS OF SCIENCE  COME OUT WITH DEFINITE CONCLUSION / SOLUTION  PRESENT IN A REPORT FORM AND ORALLY

5. CSC PROJECT INNOVATIVE SIMPLE PRACTICAL INEXPENSIVE

6. CSC PROJECT  IDENTIFY LOCAL PROBLEM, CORRELATE WITH FOCAL & SUB-THEME  WORK UNDER SELF-EXPLANATORY TITLE, IN WELL-DEFINED LOCAL / GEOGRAPHICAL AREA  OBSERVATIONS RECORDED IN A LOG BOOK  PROJECT IS SURVEY AND / OR OBSERVATION AND / OR EXPERIMENTATION  DATA IS SUBJECTED TO ANALYSIS  INFERENCES ARE MADE  SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM SUGGESTED  ACTION PLAN FOR FOLLOW-UP DEVISED  USE OF LIVE, HAZARDOUS AND INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES RESTRICTED  MODELS ARE NOT ENCOURAGED UNLESS IT EXPLAINS OPERATION OF A DEVICE OR THE LIKES

7. ORAL PRESENTATION TIME LIMIT NORMALLY 8 MINUTES + 2 MINUTES INTERACTION MAXIMUM FOUR CHARTS OR POSTERS (55cm X 70cm) / LCD CAN BE USED LOUD, AUDIBLE, CLEAR DICTION, IN ANY LANGUAGE AS DECIDED

8. EVALUATION CRITERIA  ORIGINALITY OF IDEA & CONCEPTS  RELEVANCE OF THE PROJECT TO THE THEME  UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE  DATA COLLECTION  ANALYSIS  EXPERIMENTATION / VALIDATION  INTERPRETATION & PROBLEM SOLVING ATTEMPT  TEAM WORK  BACKGROUND CORRECTION  WRITTEN REPORT

9. WRITTEN REPORT  HANDWRITTEN IN ANY SCHEDULED LANGUAGE  PREFERABLY ON A-4 SIZE PAPER ON ONE-SIDE  WORD LIMIT 2500 (LOWER GROUP), 3500 (UPPER GROUP)  LOG BOOK  COVER PAGE, ABSTRACT, FORM A, INDEX, INTRODUCTION, NEED STATEMENT, HYPOTHESIS, WORK PLAN, METHODOLOGY, OBSERVATIONS, RESULTS, DATA ANALYSIS, CONCLUSIONS, INFERENCE, SOLUTION, FUTURE PLAN, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, REFERENCES, APPENDIX

10. COVER PAGE  EITHER IN ENGLISH OR HINDI LANGUAGE 24th NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS (NCSC-2016) Theme –Science, Technology & Innovation for Sustainable Development Sub-theme: _________________________________ Title of the project_________________________________________________ Name of the team leader Master / Miss _______________________________ Address of the team leader _________________________________________ District ____________________ State ________________________________ Other team members; Master / Miss __________________________________ Name of the guide Mr. / Mrs. / Ms ____________________________________

11. ABSTRACT  A SHORTENED FORM OF THE PROJECT GIVING ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OR ARGUMENTS  THE WORD LIMIT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO 250 WORDS  IN CASE YOU ARE WRITING AND PRESENTING THE PROJECT IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAN ENGLISH, THEN INCLUDE ABSTRACT BOTH IN ENGLISH AND THE LANGUAGE YOU ARE PRESENTING IN  REMEMBER TO COVER ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR WORK IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE

12. FORM A REGISTRATION FORM WITH PHOTO AUTHENTICATED BY HEAD OF THE SCHOOL / COORDINATOR

13. INDEX  CONTENTS OF THE REPORT  SEPARATE SECTIONS FOR THE SUBJECT MATTER, FIGURES, AND TABLES INCLUDED IN YOUR PROJECT REPORT  SUBJECT MATTER WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE REPORT  LIST OF FIGURES WOULD INCLUDE TITLES GIVEN TO CHART (PIE-CHART), OR GRAPH, OR PHOTOGRAPH, OR ILLUSTRATION OR MAP IN THE PROJECT REPORT  LIST OF TABLES WOULD INCLUDE TITLES OR HEADINGS OF YOUR OBSERVATION, RESULT OR DATA ANALYSIS TABLES

14. INDEX - EXAMPLES Serial No.TopicPageNo. 01 02 Introduction Aims and objectives 01 02 Serial No.TitlePageNo. 01Graph showing variation in temperatures09 02Pie-chart showing distribution of land forms11 Serial No.TitlePageNo. 01Varieties of butterfly species observed14 02Electric power consumption in homes16

15. INTRODUCTION IN ONE PARAGRAPH INTRODUCE THE TOPIC OF PROJECT WORK AT THE TOP WRITE SHORT, PRECISE YET INFORMATIVE TITLE FOLLOWED BY FEW LINES ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT YOUR PLANNED WORK WHAT, WHY & HOW YOU ARE GOING TO WORK

16. NEED STATEMENT  AIMS & OBJECTIVES  KEEP PROJECT WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF TIME AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA  AROUND YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE OR SCHOOL  SHOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN TWO PARAGRAPHS, BUT AVOID REPEATING WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN INTRODUCTION

17. HYPOTHESIS IN ONE OR TWO STATEMENTS, IT IS AN IDEA BASED ON KNOWN FACTS THAT YOU WISH TO PROVE

18. WORK PLAN TIME TABLE OR PLAN OF TIME BOUND ACTIVITY CAN BE IN SCHEMATIC FORM OR AS A FLOW CHART, PREFERABLY WITH TIME SCHEDULES MAY DEVIATE IN TERMS OF TIME AND ACTION BUT WILL GUIDE WHEN THERE IS TOO MUCH VARIATION

19. METHODOLOGY  SURVEY BASED WORK NORMALLY INVOLVES USING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DATA COLLECTION  QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SPECIFIC, PROPERLY DESIGNED  NUMBER OF QUESTIONS CAN VARY FROM CASE TO CASE, BUT ON AN AVERAGE ABOUT 20 RELEVANT QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED  SAMPLE SIZE CAN ALSO VARY; 50 – 100 PEOPLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, LESSER THE NUMBER MORE ARE THE CHANCES OF ERROR  INCLUDE A BLANK COPY OF QUESTIONNAIRE

20. METHODOLOGY OBSERVATIONS MADE, THROUGH A PART OF SURVEY WORK, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE QUESTIONNAIRE RECORDING OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS DURING YOUR FIELD STUDIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TYPE OF METHODOLOGY

21. METHODOLOGY  EXPERIMENTATION IS WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR OWN HANDS  EITHER IN THE LABORATORY OR AT HOME OR IN THE FIELD  DESIGN OF THE EXPERIMENTS WITH PROPER CONTROLS, NUMBER OF READINGS TO BE TAKEN, SET OF CONDITIONS, PARAMETERS TO BE INCLUDED SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE GUIDE, OR EXPERTS, OR RESOURCE PERSONS BEFORE COMMENCING THE ACTUAL WORK

22. OBSERVATIONS CONTAINS ALL THE OBSERVATIONS OR DATA COLLECTED RELATED TO SURVEY, OBSERVATION, OR EXPERIMENTATION

23. RESULTS PRESENTATION OF DATA COLLECTED DURING EITHER SURVEY AND/OR OBSERVATION AND/OR EXPERIMENTATION EXERCISE PRESENTATION COULD EITHER BE IN THE FORM OF CHARTS, GRAPHS, MAPS, FIGURES OR TABLES AND THE LIKES IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND

24. DATA ANALYSIS DATA PRESENTED UNDER THE RESULTS ARE ANALYZED, USING PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS, PROPERLY HERE ONLY ANALYSIS PART IS TO BE SHOWN

25. CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE DATA ANALYSIS, FINAL OPINION DERIVED AFTER COMPLETING THE PROJECT IS THE CONCLUSION

26. INFERENCE INFERENCE, IN FACT, IS THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE OPINION FORMED (HYPOTHESIS) BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT BASED ON THE INFERENCE HYPOTHESIS MAY BE ACCEPTED OR REJECTED

27. SOCIAL RELEVANCE OR IMPACT MOST IMPORTANT STEP SINCE THE PROBLEM SELECTED IS SOCIALLY RELEVANT HIGHLIGHT HOW THE FINDINGS WOULD INFLUENCE OR HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY AT LARGE, IN LIGHT OF THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED

28. FUTURE PLAN TO TAKE THE WORK FURTHER, FROM WHERE IT HAS BEEN CONCLUDED WRITE PLAN OF ACTION STEP-WISE

29. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  THE KEY FEATURES IN ANY RESEARCH OR SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS  BE IT FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ANY ONE WHO MOTIVATED OR ELDERS / SENIORS, EXPERTS OR RESOURCE PERSONS, EVEN A LIBRARIAN, FARM WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERVIEWED, LABORATORY ASSISTANTS, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND THE LIKES  EXPRESSION OF GRATEFULNESS OR THANKFULNESS I

30. REFERENCES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE PROJECT WORK REFERENCING OF THE RESOURCE MATERIAL LIKE BOOKS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE / CLIPPINGS, OR INTERNET, OR EVEN PERSONAL INTERVIEW IS DONE ALSO CALLED BIBLIOGRAPHY

31. REFERENCES  FOR BOOKS:-  Name of the author(s) / editor(s) starting with surname, title of the book (underlined), edition number (if available), page numbers referred, publisher, place and year of publication.  FOR ARTICLES:-  Name of the author(s) starting with surname, year of publication (within brackets), title of the article (in italics), title of the book / magazine / newspaper (underlined), edition number (for books, if available), issue and volume numbers (for magazines), page numbers referred, publisher, place and year of publication. Or internet source starting with www (followed by the website referred)  FOR PERSONAL INTERVIEWS:-  Name of the person(s) interviewed, date with month and year, and place of the interview.

32. APPENDIX ALL THE LETTERS AND / OR CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES ARE TO BE ATTACHED AT THE END OF THE REPORT EACH SUCH DOCUMENT SHOULD BEAR A NUMBER, VIZ., APPENDIX 1, APPENDIX 2, AND SO ON

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