SHRI SHIVAJI SCIENCE COLLEGE, AMRAVATI

DBT STAR COLLEGE PROJECT ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY REPORT

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“One Day Hands-on Training on Basic Scientific Experiment”


Activity Dates: 29th March 2025

Type of Activity: Faculty Development Program

Organizing Department: Department of Environmental Science

Program Coordinators: Dr. K. J. Gawai

Head of the Department: Dr. S. P. Ingole

External Collaborator (if any): Amravati Municipal Corporation , Amravati

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No of Beneficieries: 50

Classes Involved: Science & Maths teachers of Amravati Municipal Corporation Schools.

Venue of the Activity: Auditorium Hall of Education office of Amravati Municipal Corporation , Ambapeth, Amravati.

Activity Report:

To equip teachers with practical skills and methodologies for conducting basic scientific experiments a “One Day Hands-on Training on Basic Scientific Experiment” under DBT STAR Scheme was organized by the Department of Environmental Science, Shri Shivaji Science College , Amravati, in collaboration with Amravati Municipal Corporation , Amravati on 29th March 2025. It was conducted in Auditorium Hall of Education office of Amravati Municipal Corporation , Ambapeth, Amravati. To enhance teaching methods and improve the delivery of practical knowledge, of the teachers was the main motto of the One Day Hands-on Training program. The ultimate aim of hands on training was to foster curiosity and nurture scientific thinking in young students through the teachers.
Dr.Dinesh D. Khedkar, DBT Star Scheme Coordinator of the college and Head of Department of Botany was chairperson for this workshop. Dr. Prakash Meshram,
Education Officer, Amravati Municipal Corporation , Amravati, was the chief guest and inaugurator of the workshop..Mr. Sanjay Tikaria, Director, Tikaria's, Science Hobby Centre, Jalna was the guest of honour and speaker of the workshop. Dr. Sangita Ingole, IQAC Coordinator of the college and Head, Department of Environmental Science, Mr. Yogesh Pakhale, School Inspector, Amravati Municipal Corporation, Amravati, Dr. Kirtidhvaj J. Gawai & Dr. Manisha A. Jane Hands-on Training Activity in charge, Department of Environmental Science were present for the inaugural function of the workshop.
Introductory and welcome speech was delivered by Dr.Sangita Ingole, IQAC Coordinator and Head of Department of Environmental Science. Here, Dr. Ingole madam emphasize the need of the workshop and highlighted the workshop’s overall objectives. She told that the main objective was to equip teachers with various easy and interesting ways by which he /she can convey the students the concepts and idea behind the experiments. She added that another objective was to provide teachers the materials to prepare the handy & basic equipment needed to perform experiments and involve students in the experiments to give them experiential learning. After this, she introduced Mr. Sanjay Tikaria, Director, Tikaria's, Science Hobby Centre, Jalna & speaker of the workshop
Hon. Dr. Prakash Meshram, expressed his thought that providing skills to student is one of the objectives of New education policy. He added that if we want to impart skills to the coming generation, and achieve higher levels of understanding of concepts, solving problems, experiments-based teaching to students is the need of the hour. This workshop will surely prepare teachers to provide their students experiential learning which will help to inculcate skills among students. He thanked the department & the college for organizing the workshop for AMC school teachers. He asked participant teachers whether to organize such workshop in future. After unanimous positive response of the teachers, he requested Ingole madam to organize such workshop in future also.
In the presidential speech of the workshop, honorable Dr. Dinesh Khedkar expressed his remarks as teacher plays a very important role in making a subject interesting & easy. Students find the subject interesting in which they involve. This workshop will provide
teachers easy tools by which they can involve their students, engage their students making the subject interesting and enjoyable. He emphasized the importance of experiential learning in the new education policy and this kind of workshop will help the teachers to be trained for it, to develop the skills and to boost the enthusiasm of the students. He also said that such activities encourages critical thinking, creativity and deeper understanding of underlying scientific principles & encourages deeper cognitive engagement.
In the first session of the workshop, Mr. Sanjay Tikaria, speaker of the workshop guided teachers on how to handle the demonstration conducted at the school level. He showed teachers various small equipments prepared by him with the help of easily available day to day materials to demonstrate different experiments. He told teachers that it is not necessary to have expensive scientific equipment mentioned in the procedure of the experiments. He told them that we can prepare our own equipment from small small things or materials which we found in our surroundings. In this session, a kit was provided to every teacher specially prepared for them containing materials which is useful to convey concepts of the different experiment of different science subjects viz. Biology, physics, chemistry etc. The kit contains materials like thread, piece of cardboard, straw, plastic pipe, chart of body organs, prism, concave, convex lence etc. which is useful in showing different concepts of the experiment individually or by assembling them.
In the second session of the workshop, he effectively demonstrated, explained and clarified the concepts of experiments from Physics, Chemistry & Biology with the help of the materials provided from the kit. He demonstrated experiments showing different properties of sound with the help of straw & scissor. He also tried the same experiment with help of small hollow plastic pipe. He demonstrated centrifugal & centripetal force and its properties with the help of thread, small square piece of card board & paper cup filled with water. He then took hands on session of making different equipment needed for different experiments. In this, teachers actively performed different experiments in their syllabus with the help of materials provided to them. Let's do experiments by ourselves was his motto. At the end of this session teachers were asked to come on stage for their feedback. 5 teachers expressed their positive remarks and thanked the college & Tikariya sir for the program. At last teachers were also told to submit online feedback with the help of Google form link sent on their what’s app group
50 science & mathematics teachers from all the Amravati Municipal Corporation schools attended the Hands-on Training. The program was conducted by Dr. Manisha Jane and vote of thanks was given by Dr. Kirtidhvaj Gawai. Non teaching staff of the department worked hard for the success of the program.


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Mr. Sanjay Tikaria showing Sound Expt.to the teachers
Mr. Sanjay Tikaria showing Sound Expt.to the teachers
Teachers performing hands-on of the experiments
Teachers performing hands-on of the experiments
Teachers performing hands-on of the experiments
Teachers performing hands-on of the experiments
Mr. Sanjay Tikaria showing Air Pressure Expt.to the teachers
Mr. Sanjay Tikaria showing Air Pressure Expt.to the teachers
Mr. Sanjay Tikaria introducing his tiny Lab to the teachers
Mr. Sanjay Tikaria introducing his tiny Lab to the teachers
Group Photo
Group Photo

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