Aakar’s Umang Science Festival

The online science based Inter school competitions for students of std 8th, 9th and 10th

Hurrey…! finally, the exciting days have arrived! We know many science aspirants have great ideas in great minds. But the great minds hardly get any platform to express their own Ideas, opinions or even random thoughts! Aakar’s Education Trust is happy to bring a great Interschool platform to encourage great minds!

“Umang Science festival 2024”

What is so exciting about this festival?
1.  Competitions like Poster making, Essay writing, Poetry writing, Science article writing and
even Reel making
2.  All these events will be conducted Online
3.  Exciting prizes for students as well as their teachers!
4.  Best school award for best performing school!
5.  Registration is FREE of cost

About competitions:

1. Paint your mind: The poster making
Have colorful thoughts? Just pick up your brush and paint them!
You can make a poster in A3 size on any type of paper using any type of colours, collage
etc.
But remember, the topic has to be one of the following:
a. My dream profession in science field
b. Impact of AI on Education
c. Most interesting discovery of the century
Just paint it, scan it and send the scanned photo via E-mail at aakarumangposter2024@gmail.com on before 25th September, 2024.

2. Few lines please: Essay writing
If you have great writing skills, and have deep good thoughts and opinions, this is your
chance! Write an essay on one of the following topics in maximum 500 words.
Use any paper to write, but remember to scan it and send it to us as a single PDF file. Its so
simple!

a. Scientific future of India
b. The scientific concept that impressed me
c. The scientist I follow

You can submit via E-mail at umangessay@gmail.com

3. Be a scientist: Scientific review article writing
We know you all read a lot! May be in books or even in online blogs! Your generation hastremendous knowledge. But do you know how scientists write and record their knowledge, observations, conclusions? They write Review Papers/Articles. Its simple. But has to be very accurate and scientifically correct! For every line you write, you must have a scientific proof! Let us try being scientists! We have given you few topics. Now just choose any one and start reading about it! But wait. Keep the note of each reference you read. May it be a book, a Magazine or online blog! Collating all you read, write an article. It must have components like Abstract (Just a few lines summary of whole discussion), Introduction (Why are you discussing this topic 1-2 paragraphs), Theory (The actual body of topic 3-5 paragraphs) with suitable diagrams, graphs, tables etc. and finally the conclusion (What is the outcome of the discussion?). at the end of this document, provide a bibliography in any scientific format. This can be typed and converted to PDF and sent to us on E-mail.
But remember, we can easily catch copy pasters using our high tech soft wares!!
The topic has to be one of the following :
a. Effect of excessive screen use on learning abilities
b. Effect of online gaming on psychological health
c . Benefits of Reading books to mental health
You can submit via Email at aakarsciarticlefest2024@gmail.com 

4. Science in a Rhyme: Poetry making
Are you a poet and a passionate science student? It’s a perfect combination for this section! You can make a nice poetry that must include some scientific thought or opinion.
You can submit the PDF by Email at aakarpoetryfest2024@gmail.com

5. Science Superstars: Reel making:
Are you a Reel Star? Or do you want to be one? Let us make a nice short reel on the scientific topic. Try to keep it funny or catchy. But must contain a perfect scientific message. Make a reel from 30 sec - 1 min
a. Myth v/s fact
b. Science with Fun!
c. Study for Marks V/S Study for knowledge
Please remember to hold your camera vertical and share the edited clip by Email at aakarsreelfest2024@gmail.com

For each Competitions the following prizes :
1 st rank= Rs. 1000 + Certificate
2 nd rank=Rs. 750 + Certificate
3 rd rank =Rs.500 + Certificate
Consolation Prizes: Certificates
Best Umang Teacher Mentor: Rs. 1000/- + Certificate
Best Umang School : A Memento
To register : Please visit events page of www.aakars.in or you can reach out us at :8983128905.