Programs

Our institution is dedicated to programmes related to education and social welfare as well as awareness. we are doing many activities regarding the above mentioned subject. We would like to undertake more of such activities and many more new ones. Here is an overview of our activities for your kind consideration. Shree Sahajanand Swami District Community Science Centre, Chhya-Porbandar will undertake various activities regarding subjects like science, mathematics, environmental studies, health and nutrition, energy and our resources, studies related to geography and space as well as programs for the prevention of superstitions and addiction.

Science

Apart from many programs that are conducted right now we would like to organize and carry out various newer scientific experiments and practices, so as to endow students with up to date knowledge as well as facilitate their study. We will also organize many science quiz programms, science dramas, seminars and so on.

Environmental study

The centre will also carry out many programs related to environmental study and environment care. Such programs will include lectures and seminars organized for the awareness of environment, Biodivercity and delivering guidelines to take care of environment and trees as well as informative programs for the nature of flora and fauna.

Energy

At community science centre we try to give information regarding natural resources of energy as well as try to make people understand its importance as well as the role it plays to facilitate our life. Thus, we also teach them the ways of saving energy and make use of our resources wisely and delimiting its use.

Sunday Science Club

To perform the experiments on Sunday for students CSC has been conducting Sunday Science club Program for 2 years. For this we have established laboratory of Physics, Biology and Chemistry. In this program student from standard 5 to 12 comes to perform and learn the experiments that they are having in their books and other. The aim of the activity is to educate students with “Learning by Doing” method that they are not getting in schools. In a year 45 Sundays are allocated for Sunday science club program.

Programs for Teachers

Success of the educational process depends on the quality, commitment and expertise of the teachers. This dependence is further enhanced due to the growing as well as changing needs of the children and the frequent changes in curriculum and teaching methodology. Therefore, the training of teachers themselves becomes critical. For popularization of Science and Technology teachers are good medium. They can prepare students for the non co-curriculum activities we organize such programs for teachers.

Popular Lectures

Programmes for Community

In the year 2004-05, a group was ready to work at Porbandar on development of scientific temper and a beginning was made to remove belief in miracle and Superstition etc. known as “Andhashradha” In this one has to come in confrontation with sadhus, Tantriks etc. etc. To avoid this, it was thought desirable to spread knowledge of science to explain various tactics adopted by protagonist of Andhashradha. Apart from this, it was observed that Science and Technology was entering everyday life and would spread in 21st Century and for this, interest in science subjects for students of this generation was necessary as the same was decreasing and schools were finding dearth of students in science streams. Science was taught in the classroom on black board and on the basis of the syllabus and students found the same difficult and dull. This was not true as Science is interesting and is in daily life.

Thus a concept of Science learning and teaching through “Hands on activities” and experiments was adopted. SSDCSC was inaugurated at the hands of -----, the ---On --- of 2004 to run on a part time basis in a small place in shree swaminarayan gurukul at porbandar. MOU was entered into in 2004. shree sahajanandswami district Community Science Centre, Porbandar, is a District level science centre working in the field of science popularization. The SSDCSC offers a fascinating opportunity to experience the science ideas that have totally changed our lives

Discover- Explore- Touch-Feel- Enjoy- Interact- Experience-Question- Observe- Review- and Analyze science The Centre receives annual financial assistance from the Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation and from other donors. No fees are charged for the activities as people do not feel the need of such activities. SSDCSC firmly believed that it was necessary for development of Scientific temper and to bring happiness in daily life of people and also to discharge our duty towards our youth, citizens of tomorrow.

Rural programs

India is an agricultural country & as Gandhiji has said real India lives in Villages. Hence, we attach much importance & focus on our rural programs. As being a District Community Science Center, we are attached to 3 talukas of Porbandar District.

We conduct rural programs in many fields. Programs for removal of superstitions in rural area are our prime thrust area. We conduct experiments that are similar to magic tricks & reveal science behind it. We also build capabilities in village people and students to do same experiments and to remove doubts and fake superstitions.

There are many wrong concepts regarding eclipse, snakes, diseases, ideas about hygiene etc. So we help people to get correct information about these misunderstood concepts.

We provide guidance to develop school science club & groups to do scientific awareness programs at village level. Special programs are designed to suit the need of rural area like garbage management, safety in kitchen and agriculture etc.

GUJCOST annually assists financially and otherwise in the development and working of the center.

Event celebration

Awareness

Removing the superstition from the rural India and making them aware about the environmental, energy, health issues in happenings by the lectures, seminars and public rally.

For the prevention of Superstitions and Addiction
We are trying and in future will try our best to enlighten people through endowing them with the knowledge of science and thus removing superstitions automatically. For this purpose we will arrange many programmes which include practical demonstrative method to solve the doubts of people in the rural as well as urban areas. We have and always will denounce all kinds of addiction and in order to remove it from our society, we are planning lectures and seminars by calling medical experts to make them aware of the adverse effects of tobacco, liquor, cigarette, etc on their health.

Health Campaigns against the HIV-AIDS in the college and community to aware them for the Early detection & prevention. Guide them towards Healthy Eating, Hygienic habits , Tobacco, Smoking.

Workshops

Space Study and Sky Shows

As knowledge regarding our universe and space is deteriorating day by day specially in rural areas, we are very much concerned to provide qualitative and latest knowledge with the use of equipments we possess. We have material resources like telescope, LCD projector, overhead projector and so on. We will fully utilize them to organize demonstrative programmes in rural as well as urban areas.

Rocketry Workshop

Aero modeling Workshop

Electronics Hobby Workshop

Science model making workshop

Environment

Conducting programs to aware community towards Global Warming ,Climate Changing and ozone layer global issues and the local issues of Air-water pollution with government and non-government agency support.

Environmental Programs

Environmental Education Programs are designed for those intending to teach in public and private schools, institutions of higher education, nature centers, outdoor education programs, parks and recreation programs, government programs. Emerging scientific research drew new attention to existing and hypothetical threats to the environment and humanity. An environmental issue is the negative aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism, a social and environmental movement that started in the 1960s, We are working for the awareness in the students, teachers and different groups of community about the environmental issues and conservation. We conduct different activities in schools as well as on special occasions.

Environmental Issues

Climate change - Global warming, Energy conservation, Renewable energy, Efficient energy use , Renewable energy commercialization, Land pollution, Light pollution , Noise pollution, Acid rain , Air pollution, Plastic waste, recycling, Ozone layer depletion.

Different Activities Covered In Environmental Programs

Other Activities

Kitchen Chemistry

Kitchen: a room or part of a room or building in which food is prepared and cooked. Generally we know it as above defination but we can say that its a laboratory. Every activity or process of cooking has a scientific reasons. Participants knows this reasons like why pressure cooker is more efficient? how bacteria can help in cooking? They can know how food can be preserved to store for long time using household chemicals. They are also awared to save the energy using solar cookers. Women shares their recipes and technics to use Solar Cookers. They are also guided to buy solar cookers at subsidy rates. advance cooking technics, preserving food for long time, chemical reactions in cooking, saving energy, using solar cooker.

Educational Trips

Vacation Programs

The students have lot of unused energy & time during vacation which is not only channelized but making science learning as an exciting experience which would flood the fun in them.Here, 3-5 days separate programs on each topic of the interest of child is selected by him/her. We offer 14 varieties of programs in summer May-June.The focus is given not only on learning component of science but feeling it as an interesting experience as well e.g. making chemistry as fun, electronic toy making, aero modeling, model rocketry, science experiments, computer graphics, vedic math,rapid puzzle solving in maths,etc.

School Group Visits

Other Programs