{"id":7497,"date":"2011-06-27T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T02:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2011-06-27T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:07:59","slug":"national-science-fair-for-young-children-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/tamil-schools\/2011\/06\/27\/national-science-fair-for-young-children-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Science Fair for Young Children Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing from Day 1<\/a><\/strong> yesterday (BTW, the photos are a bit darker at time due to flash malfunction. The battery leaked).<\/p>\n

The exhibition hall at GMI:
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Today was the big day for the teams. Both students and teacher will know who will be the champions for 2011.<\/p>\n

The day started early at 7am with breakfast, followed by preparation for the public viewing session at 10am. So, the booth were a scene of hectic activity as students and teachers toiled to fix torn papers, top up materials, arrange their presentation and so on. In between, there was a talk on the judging process for the teachers in a separate venue.<\/p>\n

Head Judge Mr Shan:<\/p>\n

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Students testing their equipments:<\/p>\n

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At 10am, the doors opened for public to enter the exhibition. The public session was until 2.30pm. Personally, I think the crowd was much less as compared to the Selangor\/KL region fair held last year (that’s the one I attended, thus able to compare). Maybe because the hall is wider? Or is the location of GMI, which is quite secluded and relatively unknown to the Indian community? Anyway, I estimate about 300 to 500 people attended this fair today (excluding the students and teachers).<\/p>\n

Attending to visitors:<\/p>\n

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Explaining to visitors:<\/p>\n

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Visitors:<\/p>\n

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Interested visitors:<\/p>\n

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Explaining their work:<\/p>\n

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Volunteers too are impressed:<\/p>\n

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During the public session, few booths were set up at the entrance. Among there are MISI (Malaysian Indian Science\u00a0Intellectuals) who promoted their educational magazine for kids named Thumbi, DHRRA Malaysia, Arivan Fan Club (where I was on duty), Grolier Books, Tamil Foundation and so on. A few games and quizzes were held for visitor to liven up the environment.<\/p>\n

DHRRA Malaysia booth:<\/p>\n

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Arivan Fan Club booth:<\/p>\n

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Quiz participants:<\/p>\n

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Telescope section:<\/p>\n

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At 3.20pm, the closing ceremony started. VIP was Dato’ Dr Jeyaindran of MyNadi. The crowd numbered about 800 people (including participants).<\/p>\n

Participants:
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First was speech by project director Capt Dr Viknesvaran. He said that 300 schools took part in the School Fair Roadshow, while the Science Fair saw participation of 274 schools this year.<\/p>\n

Capt Dr Vicky:<\/p>\n

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This was followed by MCEF’s Mr Satish Ramachandran’s speech. He gave some suggestions on how to improve the fair for the coming year, for example focusing on certain theme, and also to compile CDs of the projects.<\/p>\n

MCEF director Mr Satish Ramachandran:<\/p>\n

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Next to speak was head judge Mr Shanmugam who \u00a0mentioned about the judging process. He also mentioned that some of the teams needs to improve in terms of understanding the fundamental principles.<\/p>\n

Head Judge Mr Shan:<\/p>\n

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Media appreciation followed, after which all the teams were invited on stage to receive participation certificates along with tokens of appreciation.<\/p>\n

Presentation of participation certificates and tokens of appreciation to all the students:<\/p>\n

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This was then followed by MyNadi’s Dato’ Dr Jeyaindran’s speech. He announced that the top 5 winners will be given a trip to Petrosains KLCC and also to the Perdana University in Serdang. He also sprang a surprise by announcing that the 1st place winners (and the teachers) will be taken on a tour to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bangalore!!! This is in collaboration with Air Asia and Indian High Commission. This is definitely a wonderful surprise for the participants, and added more tension to the tense environment. Everyone was waiting for the announcement.<\/p>\n

MyNadi chairman Dato’ Dr Jeyaindran:<\/p>\n

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Two new categories were introduced this time: Most Innovative Project and Best Conference Paper. The winners are as below:<\/p>\n

Most Innovative Project<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: SJKT Kangkar Pulai<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd: SJKT Ramakrishna<\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd: SJKT Convent Seremban<\/strong><\/p>\n

SJKT Ramakrishna:<\/p>\n

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SJKT Convent:
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Best Conference Paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Winner: SJKT Kangkar Pulai<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd: SJKT Sg Tukang<\/strong><\/p>\n

3rd: SJKT Yahya Awal<\/strong><\/p>\n

SJKT Kangkar Pulai:
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There was another speech (to add to the tension!), this time by MISI representative Mr Saminathan.<\/p>\n

Finally, the moment everyone was waiting for. The winners announcement.<\/p>\n

5th place went to SJKT Mukundan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4th place: SJKT Methodist Kapar<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3rd place: SJKT Permas Jaya<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2nd place: SJKT Tun Aminah<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Their booth:
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and champions are SJKT Ladang Lanandron!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Their booth:<\/p>\n

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For the first time, the top three places were swept by schools from the same state, Johor.<\/p>\n

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The ceremony ended at 5.50pm, and the crowd slowly trickled away.<\/p>\n

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Photos Slideshow:<\/p>\n

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