A Science Motivation Camp was organised by the Department of Instrumentation & USIC, Gauhati University on 11th May 2024 at Kaliabor Higher Secondary School.

The Fifth Science Motivation Camp was organised by the Department of Instrumentation & USIC, Gauhati University on 11th May 2024 at Kaliabor Higher Secondary School. The objective of this camp was to familiarize high school students with electronic components like resistors, capacitors, and batteries; optical components such as lasers, prisms, and glass slabs; and measurement instruments like digital multimeters, vernier calipers, screw gauges, digital balances, and thermocouples.

With the help of scientific experiments, the students were encouraged to design and test some basic electronic circuits. An electronic circuit to realise Ohm's Law was designed and fabricated by the students under the guidance of the tutor. Demonstration of some optical experiments using laser, prism and glass slabs and measurement of temperature using a thermocouple and a thermometer were shown to the students. Experiments related to measurement of density of water and two different materials like iron & aluminium were demonstrated to the students using vernier callipers, screw gauge and a digital balance.

Participants

Twenty (20) students participated in the camp from four different schools viz. Kaliabor Girls Higher Secondary School, Sainik School, Jakhalabandha Higher Secondary School, and Madhya Kaliabor Higher Secondary School, along with all the 9th standard students from Kaliabor Higher Secondary School.