Bombay Association for Science Education (BASE) in collaboration with Nehru Science Centre (NSC), Mumbai is organizing the Experimental Skill Test on February 17 & March 16, 2024, in offline mode.

About Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai

National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), the parent body of Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India with 25 Science Centres/Museums all over the country.

It has the best infrastructure and skilled manpower to conceptualize, design, develop and organize high quality science exhibits and other related educational programmes and activities.

Nehru Science Centre has more than 500 hands-on and interactive science exhibits on energy, sound, kinematics, mechanics, transport, etc. installed in the science park & different galleries.

About the Event

This is an initiative of the Bombay Association for Science Education (BASE) and Nehru Science Center (NSC). There are several forums where students can display their theoretical talent at School and College levels. This initiative is to test the talent of the students on the experimental side of science.

The assessment of the student will be on the basis of two experiments assigned to the students (without any choice for the student). These experiments can be on any topic of science (not discriminating between Physics, Chemistry, and Biology).

The experiments will be at 3 levels. Level 1, will involve direct measurement of physical quantities. Level 2 will be indirect measurements and physical quantities deduced from these measurements. The deduction could be on the basis of graphs, calculations, data presentation, etc. Level 3 will be conceptual-based experiments where the skills tested on the previous 2 levels may be used.

Students are expected to learn and develop their experimental skills before appearing for the certificate exam. As envisaged in the new National Education Policy, it is desired that the institutions of higher education will give due weightage to this certificate during the admission process to the professional career of higher education, like: Medical, Engineering, Research in basic sciences, etc.

The structure of the program may be subject to changes, based on the feedback from the student and teacher community.

General Details

  • Event Date: February 17, 2024, March 16, 2024.
  • Time: 10.30 am to 4.00 pm.
  • Venue: Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai.

Eligibility Criteria

It is open to all students from class 8 to 12.

Benefits

Participation certificates will be provided to all successful participants.

Number of Seats

Only 20 seats are available.

How to Register?

Interested and eligible students can register online via this link.

Registration Fees

The total registration fee for the workshop is Rs. 100.

Click here to view the official notification of the Experimental Skill Test by Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai.