ANVESHANA – THE MATHS AND SCIENCE FEST – 2011

In it's 16th year, on 11th August, 2011 Abhyasa hosted its 6th ‘Anveshana' – The Math & Science Fest, motivating the students to explore the minds of young students. This fest also provides an opportunity to students to show-case their talents in a unique way, and this is only put up by Abhyasa.

9 schools including Abhyasa participated in the fest. The events of the fest were very interesting and encouraging which would motivate the students to explore different areas of science and prove their talent. The following were the items in the fest.

All the students from different schools were given a traditional and formal welcome. All the guests were directed to the Maths and Science exhibition. The models that were displayed at the Physics, Chemistry and Biology Labs were awesome and one of the students of the other school expressed that next year he would like to place his model for the exhibition. All the students enjoyed and had a great learning. The Clay models in the Biology Lab were quite attractive and every one praised the quality of the models. The models which were displayed in the Maths Lab also grabbed the attention of everyone and all teachers and students from the other schools praised the quality of the models and skills of presentation of the students.

The competition was very hectic in the quiz in all the rounds and the participants, audience and the judges enjoyed it. The quiz was followed by the Character Discovery which enthralled the audiences. The explanations for the event "Science Behind the Situation" surprised everyone. Model presentation had brought out great performances and creative ideas by Abhyasites which were appreciated by everyone. The individual and group activities were conducted at the Library.

After a delicious lunch session, the magic square dance was the item which stole the show. The rhythm of the participants made the audience dance for their tunes.

Prize distribution was done by the honoured judges Mr.Venkata Suresh and Mrs.K.Vijaya Lakshmi. The judges praised Abhyasa for conducting such events and motivating the students. All the participants also expressed that Abhyasa has been displaying the qualities of a model school by conducting such inter-school activities. The programme ended after the group photo session followed by serving snacks to the guests.

The following is the list of winners in different competitions conducted during the fest:

S.No	Name of the Competition	Name of the Winner	Prize Details
1	Quiz	St.Joseph Public School, Malak Pet	1st Prize
2	Quiz	St.Martins School and The Hyderabad Public School	2nd Prize
3	Science Behind the situation	Sherwood Public School	1st Prize
4	Science Behind the situation	Abhyasa	2nd Prize
5	Character Discovery	Abhyasa	1st Prize
6	Character Discovery	Gitanjali Senior School	2nd Prize
7	Model Presentation	St.Joseph School, Habsiguda	1st Prize
8	Model Presentation	Geetanjali School	1st Prize
9	Model Presentation	Abhyasa	2nd Prize
10	Math Individual Activity	St.Joseph School, Habsiguda	1st Prize
11	Math Individual Activity	St.Joseph School, Malakpet	2nd Prize
12	Math Group Activity	H.P.S. Begumpet	1st Prize
13	Math Group Activity	St.Joseph School, Malakpet