July 2016 Issue: 5 Volume: 1

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Young-Scientist updates

Inside our newsletter… 1. Month’s updates 1.1 July 1 & 2 1.2 July 6, 8 & 9 1.3 July 13 & 16 1.4 July 20, 22 & 23 1.5 July 27, 29 & 30 3. Know your Scientist 4. Species around us 5. World Science Updates 6. Instrument of the month 7. Notice board

• Young-Scientist has a new

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feather in the hat! We have started a new Faraday Club at the Green Acres apartment in Perungudi. • We are proud to announce that

Rental Library at Navalur. Do not miss reading this! • Check out the new videos that

we have launched on our YouTube channel http://bit.ly/1TUz5Ru.

our first issue of YoungScientist magazine is out and is • Young-Scientist Science Box for now available for circulation at pre-school children is being Easwari Lending Library in L & tested out at Hello Kids T Eden Park and Just Books “illanthalir” day care in Padur.

A New Chapter, A Lot More Of Fun There is no dearth of young scientists wherever we go. Children are always interested in learning science the fun way and always grab the opportunity when science is presented to them in the fun way. We are proud to announce that we have started a Faraday Club at Green Acres, Perungudi from this month, and it would be an understatement to say that the kids are interested. They are very excited about it! The young scientists have put forward their questions and doubts and even presented their own experiments! The enthusiasm showed by the kids are contagious and the team can’t wait to introduce all the fun experiments that we have up our sleeves!

Young Scientist Of The Month The Young-Scientist of this month is Nikhil from our newly opened Faraday Club at Green Acres, Perungudi. He used his chemistry kit to explain chemiluminescene (also known as chemoluminescence), which is emission of light during chemical reaction. His kit consisted of Luminol, Potassium Ferricyanide and Hydrogen peroxide. Luminol exhibits chemiluminescene due to the formation of unstable organic peroxide.

Rekindling Imagination

Reinventing Curiosity

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July 1 & 2

Plasma Ball Fun, Chem DIY and Dancing Balls! Sholinganallur Faraday club: The young scientists had an excellent time experimenting and understanding the plasma ball. They put their thinking hats on and came up with their own theories as to how the plasma ball worked. Many phenomena were explored with this cool mystical ball that can glow a tubelight without wires!

Siruseri Kalam Club: Quite a noisy session it was, considering we brought a music player! The Kalam club young scientists had the wonderful opportunity to witness the dance of the thermocol balls. The young scientists were also given an opportunity to think as to why certain inanimate objects danced to the beat of the songs, and witnessed the corn starch solution come to life.

Siruseri Faraday Club: Chemistry has been raging at the Siruseri Faraday Club for the past few weeks. The club members observed various cool chemical phenomena. The session ended with the children making one molar solution by themselves after careful observations. They were really eager for the next week’s session of fun-filled chemistry activities.

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July 6, 8 & 9

Magnets, Electrostatics, purple smoke and Doppler effect! Abacus Montessori School [Faraday Club]: After understanding how to build a stick bomb, we started our session with an attractive topic: Magnets! Young scientists at the Abacus Montessori School got their grey cells working while trying to unravel the intriguing mysteries of Magnetism.

Shollinganallur Faraday Club: After an exciting period of electrostatics, the wrapping up session was all about the discussion of things they had learnt. The Van de Graff generator was brought to explain the working of lightning rods practically. A few videos were also brought to explain the working of photocopying machine.

Siruseri Faraday Club: In this session, the young scientists revisited the theories of chemistry they had learnt and did fun experiments like making the slimey slime, elephant toothpaste and observed the sublimation of iodine pellets into cool purple smoke.

Siruseri Kalam Club: The young scientists revisited their favourite experiments and performed the tonoscope experiment, where Styrofoam balls reacted to the sound waves. Videos were brought to understand Doppler effect and how a sound barrier is broken, with which the session was ended.

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July 13 & 16

Blue bottles, Stick bomb, chameleon Colours And More! Abacus Montessori School [Faraday Club]: The young scientists at Abacus Montessori School were introduced to different types of magnets and were shown the interesting blue bottle experiment.

Green Acres, Perungudi [Faraday Club]: We kicked off our session at the Green Acres Apartments in Perungudi. We started by explaining the concepts of energy and the various kinds of energy like potential and kinetic energy. As always, we did our famous ‘Stick Bomb’ experiment, which intrigued the young scientists in the community.

Siruseri Kalam Club: Siruseri Kalam Club had a fun-filled session filled with exciting chemistry experiments. They observed the movement of water on the lotus leaf, did the brilliant blue bottle experiment and observed the changing colours in a burette in the experiment chameleon colours. In addition to those, they also witnessed the super-fun experiment called the ‘Dino toothpaste’!

July 20, 22 & 23

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Crater Impacts, HairHair-Raising fun, ‘Find the pH’ and Steam Engine ! Abacus Montessori School [Faraday Club]: The energy at the Abacus Montessori School has not gone down, now that we are solely dealing with the concepts of energy! We did the ‘Crater Impact’ experiment, where marbles were dropped to understand potential energy.

Green Acres, Perungudi [Faraday Club]: Young scientists here are also dealing with energyrelated stuff. Just like in Abacus Montessori School, they did the Crater Impact Experiment which resulted in a messy fun, and has become a wonderful memory to remember.

Sholinganallur Faraday Club: This was literally an electrifying and a hair-raising session, as the young scientists got to witness and experience the Van de Graff generator. As the belts move and carry charges, the dome gets charged up. Upon touching it, our hairs rise.

Siruseri Kalam Club: With the Chemistry session going strong, the young scientists at the Siruseri Kalam Club did super-cool experiments. They created a Bottled Steam Engine and made Magic Fire which got the thinking gears of the children working rapidly.

Siruseri Faraday Club: The young scientists at the Siruseri Faraday Club spent the week’s session trying to determine the pH of the solutions that they had brought from home. The solutions ranged from coconut water to nannari sherbet. The children used this opportunity in learning one of the most important part of the chemistry, in a fun and interesting way.

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July 27, 29 & 30

Magnets, Find the north, More hair raising fun, PH and heat! Abacus Montessori School [Faraday Club]: With magnetism going strong, we showed the kids at the Abacus Montessori School that the water is a diamagnetic material in the experiment “Magnetic Repelling Grapes”. After this, we moved on to the topic electrostatics and did some experiments explaining the basic concepts of the

Green Acres, Perungudi [Faraday Club]: The young scientists of the Green Acres were let to explore different kinds of magnets and their strengths, since our new theme was magnetism. The kids learnt about magnetic induction and how to find a north pole. Navigation is not going to be an obstacle for them anymore!

Sholinganallur Faraday Club: Van de Graff generator has been a major hit at Sholinganallur. Even this week, we brought the Van de Graff generator and the kids’ parents had their share of fun with the generator. An electrifyingly hair-raising session, indeed!

Siruseri Kalam Club: Since many kids had missed a few experiments during the Heat session, we revisited a few of the best ones. “Water Genie” was one of them, where the children got to see how heat is transferred in the convection method.

Siruseri Faraday Club: The Chemistry sessions have come to an end at the Faraday Club. The session ended with identification of various acids and bases using special solutions called indicators. The session had a grand finale with the Bottled Steam Engine experiment.

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Nicolas-Jacques Conté Born on August 4, 1755 Inventor of Modern Pencil • Unable to import graphite from

Britain due to economic blockade, the French Government asked Conté to help them. • He mixed powdered graphite with clay and pressed between two pieces of wood, which is the pencil we use today. • He built his own hot air balloon and rode over the city square. • He took up painting, mechanical arts and science. • He contributed to the French revolution and helped in improving the quality of hydrogen gas.

World Science Updates • The earliest case of cancer has been found in a 1.7 mil-

lion year old fossil. The fossil was found in the South African region and was that of a human toe. The fossil showed signs of severe case of a kind of bone cancer and this has helped scientist consider the possibility of cancer as also a result of the evolutionary past and not

we produce will have capabilities to perform more functions, but will also require energy that will be more than humans can produce. This was theorised last year but has come into light only now, because scientists have finished their calculations and have agreed to the theory. • Scientists in the United States of America have discov-

ered that when biofoam sheets which are based on graphene are placed on salty seas and oceans, the water can be purified. These sheets have two layers. Water is drawn from one layer, evaporated and only fresh water emerges on the top layer. This can be used to purify dirty water also, says researcher Srikanth Singamanenifrom Washington University.

just our modern lifestyle. • It has been found that by 2040, the computer chips that

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Instrument of the month Van de graaff generator • Van

de Graff generator is a machine that was devised to create high voltage by a constantly moving belt that carries charges. • It provides high voltage direct currents at very low current level. • This machine was designed by Robert Van de Graff in 1929. • The primary parts of a Van de Graff generator is a dome, a silk or nylon belt, sharp-toothed combs and a battery. • Charges from the sharp-toothed are carried to the dome and successfully stored there. Repeated deposition results in a high voltage. • It is used as particle accelerators for producing highenergy particles for research purposes. • It is used for educational purposes in many schools and colleges and do not possess a serious electrocuting hazard.

Notice Board • A Young-Scientist

demo session has been planned at Just Books, Navalur on August 6.

• Young-Scientist

orientation session is planned in Quest Activity Centre, Palavakkam on August 7.

• Do

0.06 degrees apart. The two planets will be at their closest and look brightest on this day of the year. • This

year, the annular solar eclipse occurs on September 1. Annual solar eclipse occurs if the moon is too far away from the sun to cover it completely. Hence there is a ring around the sun. Partial solar eclipse can be observed from Africa and from some other regions surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Don’t forget to take precautions!

not miss the Perseids shower on the night of August 11 and on the morning of August 12. It is one of the brightest meteor shower and produces as many as 60 meteors per hour at its peak. It is released by the comet Swift-Tuttle. Best viewed from • Discovery Education Young-Scientist Challenge a dark location in midnight. offers students an opportunity to practice investi• On August 27, Venus and Jupiter will come really gate science, and invent. Children get to choose a close together and would seem as if they are science topic of their choice and explore it. Website We are at: 142/4, iDroitt Complex, (Adjacent to L& T Eden Park) M. R. Radha Main Road, Siruseri Chennai—603103

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