| Event ID: | 9912 |
| Contact Name: | World Space Week team |
| Contact Email: | wswcessi@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone: | 033 6634 0045 |
| Organization: | Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.cessi.in/wsw15/ |
| Dates: | 3rd October 2015 to 8th October 2015 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | India |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| City: | Kolkata |
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| Event Name: | \"Igniting Young Minds\" organised by Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India |
| Event Description: | Schedule:5 October 2015 at 6:30 p.m. IST As the name suggests, "Igniting Young Minds" event was meant for underpriviledged young kids (6th-12th grade) dwelling in the vicnity of our Institute who do not have access to essential educational resources. Activities included various video, blackboard and experimental demonstrations focussing on recently concluded Supermoon viewing event, lunar as well as solar eclipses, solar system, recent launch of India's maiden space mission ASTROSAT to name a few. |
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| Report on the Results: | The event was well received by inquisitive young minds and a sense of excitement and curiosity was evident on their faces. Note, that several young students are familiar only with local dialects which did not hinder them from exercising their brains and and share as well as feel the excitement of our Universe! In particular, the video showing nighttime view of our Earth captured from the International Space Station (ISS), recorded video of ASTROSAT launch, eclipses, toy model of Solar system and experimental demonstration of a rocket launch using a balloon and a thread elicited tremendous response. The young audience reciprocated with several thought provoking queries such as: 1. Why is the sky blue? 2. Why the moon appears reddish during an eclipse? 3. What causes greenish glow (auroras) above the Earth's atmosphere? 4. What happens to a rocket during a launch (especially fate of fuel cylinders)? 5. How are human beings transported to space and how they survive there? 6. Why lightenings occur and how do they strike Earth? and many more! |
| Attendance: | 65 |
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| Media Impressions: | 3745 |
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