ASSIGNMENT

[TOPIC: SCIENCE CLUB]

PREPARED BY
ATHIRAKRISHNAN U K
PHYSICAL SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION
The scientific and technological advancement of today is a long
forward journey from Stone Age. As we live in an age of science, it is essential that the students
have a deep insight into the background of science. People seem to posses seeds of creativeness
but, climate for its germination is absent. It is generally seen that our school programs are not
giving due place to scientific experiences and proper environment. Schools lay too much of
emphasis on rigidity and traditional
Each individual has his own interests, talents and abilities.
Even a progressive syllabus fails to cater to the needs of each. Science educators, now a days are
found to exhibit growing interest and means of stimulating group participation and mobilizing
interest in learning science. Organizing science clubs is one among such activities.

SCIENCE CLUB
A science club offers children the chance to do science-related
activities that extend and enhance the science they experience in the classroom. Most clubs use
the opportunity to explore areas of science not covered by the curriculum and to give the club
members plenty of opportunities to do practical science. An organization which caters for the
inculcation of scientific attitude and a genuine interest in science, and also can supplement the
work of the classroom and give the syllabus a practical dimension may be called a science club.
A science club is an out-of-school-hours club that offers
children the chance to do science-related activities that extend and enhance the science they
experience in the classroom. Each science club is different, as the club program reflects the
interests of the children, the club organizer and the facilities available. Most clubs use the
opportunity to explore areas of science not covered by the curriculum and to give the club
members plenty of opportunities to do practical science. A science club can be run in a lunch
break or after school.

Through activities of a science club, learning of

science becomes joyful. The science club caters to freedom for expression, where as the
classroom atmosphere leads to conformity and repression. While activity participating in a
science club students organize thought and translate these into action and there by develop a
zealous enthusiasm to strive for the cause of scientific enterprise

OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE CLUB

To develop a general interest in science

To encourage individual and group activities
To develop habits of exploration and creative faculties
To make the students and public science minded
To develop interest in scientific hobbies
To provide challenging opportunities to the gifted
To develop in children a sense of healthy competition
To keep the students in touch with the recent advances in sciences

ORGANISATION OF SCIENCE CLUB

A properly organized science club will be a valuable aid to
teaching science and also a means of motivating the children for learning science. The successful
working of the club depends on the persons who organize it and also on the interest and
enthusiasm of students. Though science club is run by the students for the students, the science
teacher is the pivot of all activities.
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To begin with, the science teacher can explain the importance

and benefits of organizing science club and can arouse enthusiasm among students. This
discussion may be followed by a business meeting in which office bearers are chosen. Every
science club should have its own constitution. There should be a General body and an Executive
body. The principal or Headmaster should be the patron and the science teachers should be the
sponsors. Executive members such as President, Vice president, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian,
Publicity Officer, etc. are chosen from among the student members. The executive committee has
to chalk out programs. The activities of the club should be taken up by the students themselves.
There should be regular meetings, discussions, planning, feedback, etc.

ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE CLUB

Holding and participating science exhibitions and fairs

Conducting essay competition on scientific problems
Celebrating science days and birth days of eminent scientists
Maintaining a bulletin board and displaying science news
Publishing school science magazine
Organizing lectures, debates, seminars etc and conducting projects
Arranging visits to places of scientific interest
Conducting visual programs of scientific interest
Collecting specimens and arranging them in the museum
General reading of scientific literature and participating in scientific hobbies

IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE CLUB IN SCHOOL

Non formal mode of education is organized activities with

educational purposes carried on outside the highly structured frame work of formal educational
systems and consists of an assortment of separate educational activities, not bound by age
restrictions, time schedules and sequences to keep in line with the levels of academic standards.
We all know that we can learn and remember things better if we do it and practice rather than just
study/read them. This basic principle is involved in the formation of organization called
SCIENCE CLUB meant for Learning by Doing.
Children have the tendency to make things, break things, and
handle things. Self expression, independent research, etc are some of the opportunities provided
by the science clubs. Science clubs also allow the students to work on their own ideas, hobbies,
experiments etc. In the classrooms, the students work formally and restrict themselves to the
school curriculum. Where as in science club, there are no restrictions and the students can work
on their own ideas with full freedom. Science clubs may also help reduce the burden of the
increasing science curriculum. Students can learn more through the activities and their own
experiments and clarify general scientific concepts. The coordination between the classrooms
and the science clubs will help the student to compute their curriculum in a subtle way. Science
clubs are sometimes considered as the backbones of the curricular activities in the school.
Science clubs channelize the energies of students and make use
of their skills and talents, which satisfy their instincts and urges and helps in their overall
personality development. Science clubs work in association with classroom instruction of science
subjects. Therefore we can define science club as an organization, which helps in the
development of scientific attitudes, and develop genuine interest in science and scientific
activities, supplements the work of the practical bias.

CONCLUSION
Learning by doing and learning by living are two essentials of
learning science. Children are interested in making things, breaking things and handling things.
But the curriculum does not satisfy this natural urge. In the classroom everything is done in a
formal, artificial and controlled atmosphere. This will never give the child an opportunity for his
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free flights in the world of science. Our classroom teaching does not provide opportunity for self
expression, constructive activities and independent enquiry. No time is assigned for practical
work. All these lead to the need for an organization providing an outlet for the pent-up emotions
of children and for pooling their energies. An organization which caters for the inculcation of
scientific attitude and a genuine interest in science, and also can supplement the work of the
classroom and give the syllabus a practical dimension may be called a science club.

REFERENCES
Science Education Dr. K. Sivarajan, Prof. A. Faziluddin
www.science club.com