Raman Young Science Innovator Award is a contest for students studying from III to X standards grouped into three. Students from III to IV, V to VIII and IX to X. We heard about this contest and started registering for it on 31st January. The registered students got their login credentials through their mail after 31st January. We submitted their projects on the last date on 10th February (extended to 12th February). 11 students from Udavi School chose their topics and submitted their Innovation projects. They are Abitha, Amsavalli, Hariharan, Kabilan, Punidhavel, Suriya and Vignesh from IX standard. Baranidharan from VIII and Arvindh, Pranav and Vishal from VII standard. The topics were based on their standards.
Abitha (Class IX)
Abitha chose the topic refraction. She studied about refraction in her academic books, so she thought of making it in practical. She made her project using GeoGebra. GeoGebra is a Dynamic Mathematics Software (DMS) for teaching and learning mathematics. She used two mediums. Both of them are air. The incident ray and the refracted ray has the same angle. The refraction index of the second medium increases then the angle decreases.
2.Amsavalli (class IX)
Amsavalli did a project on reflection. She did her project using GeoGebra.When the incident ray falls on the mirror and the ray gets reflected. This is the reflected ray. She showed the angles of the reflection in an animated form.
3.Hariharan (Class IX)
Hariharan chose the topic frequency. He made his project using Arduino. He used an ultrasonic sensor which will detect the object. He wrote his program in Arduino. When any object is placed in front of the ultra sonic sensor it makes beep sound. When the object is far from the sensor the volume becomes low. Based upon the distance of the object to the sensor, the sound will differ.
4.Kabilan (Class IX)
Kabilan made a microscope using a mobile phone and lens of laser light. He placed the object on the lense and it shows the enlarged image of it in the mobile. He made this microscope, because when he was using a microscope the light hurt him. So he wanted to make a microscope which does’t hurt. He tested the microscope by seeing the microscopic view of leaves and insects.
5.Punidhavel (Class IX)
Punidhavel made a piano using resistors, basar and battery. He made his connections in a breadboard. He used resistors and buzzors to make sound. After completing the project he made the sa re ga ma tune.
6.Suriya (Class IX)
Suriya made a pie chart using GeoGebra about the natural gases in the atmosphere.
7.Vignesh (CLass IX)
Vignesh chose the topic frequency. The materials which Vignesh used are ocilloscope, microphone and 341 tuning fork. He measured the frequency of tuning fork with the help of microphone and oscilloscope. By using this we can also measure the heart beat frequency.
8.Bharanidharan (Class VIII)
He made an inverter using Arduino. The materials he used are Arduino, Breadboard, voltage regulator, resistor(10 k ohm), 9V battery, transformer, wires and laptop. He made a program to blink the Led at 50Hz. Then he dumped the program in the Arduino. He connected it to a CRO and saw the square waveform. Then he connected the remaining circuits on the breadboard. He used the voltage source from which nine volt DC input is fed to the transformer. The output of the transformer is 230 volt AC. After that he connected a 5 Watts bulb to the ouput. Eventually the bulb glowed.
9.Arvindh (Class VII)
He made his project on slow combution explaining the ignition temperature.
10.Pranav (Class VII)
Pranav made a steam engine.He took two wooden pieces and on each edge he made a hole and put a screw. He placed a tin above the wooden pieces and stuck it with glue. He made a hole on top and one side of the tin. He broke the pen into two and inserted each piece in the two holes. Then he kept a motor which was connected to another wooden piece. A Led was also connected to this wooden piece. When fire is lit up, it goes through the tin and it makes the turbine to rotate.
11.Vishal (Class VII)
Vishal made a project on combution. He made a small stove using two tins. First he took the small tin and made holes then the bigger tin and made holes in it. The smaller tin is placed inside the bigger tin. A vessel is placed on the tin. Using small wooden pieces he made fire. He poured water in the vessel, which got heated quickly.
Students made their project with their full involvement and felt happy after submitting their innovation project.