The Young Scientist program is a collaborative effort taken by The Derma Co and Bhumi.
The Young Scientist (YS) program focuses on imparting scientific awareness to students on the rising concerns of the climate crisis. The engagement will be in the form of an experiment-based workshop.YS aims to empower 10,000 children from 100 schools across Chennai and Bangalore.The students will be introduced to experiential learning and actionable steps, to help them participate in mitigating the effects of climate change.The program includes a workshop and is a one-time event.
The workshop will focus on following topics
Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming
Albedo effect & Rise in atmospheric temperature
Ocean Acidification
Sea Level Rise
Impact of pollution on Aquatic Animals
Food Chain & Interdependencies
Making Bio Enzyme
Workshop format
- Understanding the correlation between science and environment
- Introduce, among several topics, How human activities lead to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
- A Demonstration of the above with a science experiment (Each group of 5 students perform the experiment along with the Bhumi facilitator)
- A short documentary on some actionable steps to reduce our carbon footprint
- A Discussion on the large scale solutions required to reduce the impact of climate change
Flow of the Workshop
Details of Workshop
Topic
School’s can select
Eligibility
Gov.schools
Classes 5 to 10 only
Experiment Kits
Free Experiment Kit
for Every 5 Students
Duration
2 Hours
Workshop Pictures
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Why should you sign up ?
FAQ
Only Government schools can apply for this. The workshop is for classes 5th to 10th only
The workshop is a one time event. Which will go on for 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on the strength of children who sign up.
Register through the website, click on Register your school button.
- Yes, the only condition is that same students can’t register for multiple topics.
- One set of students can register ONLY for one topic.
- New students can register from same school
No, it’s a free workshop, Bhumi will provide Experiment kits to students of the workshop.