YFS REPORT

Project Title : Chhote Scientist

Project Introduction :
This project is to build scientific knowledge and awareness of basic science principles
with simple experiments,demonstration and scientific toys, among the students from
selected schools around KPIT office at Pune, Bangalore & Mumbai.

My introduction :
I,Harshith S (1JT20CS037) , currently pursuing my bachelors in Computer
Science,studying in Jyothy Institute of technology participated in the Chhote Scientist
program organized by the Youth For Seva Organization in Bangalore.I have volunteered
in the past and find it to be highly rewarding.Looking forward to volunteering under the
Youth for Seva banner.
Teammates :
1. Ashwin
2. Ankita K
3. Numan Shabir
4. Abishek k Thakur
5. Owais
6. Padmapriya
7. Nishmitha
8. Pavan
9. Harshith

Project objectives :
● Encourage students to think beyond the textbook , by bridging the gap between
academic knowledge and real life application of science.
● Development of scientific attitude among the students
● Strengthening the science fundamentals and principles
Process :
The volunteering process consists of three-four sessions of training by the volunteers
from YFS who proceeded to train a couple of lead volunteers from each class who then
trained the remaining students.

Once all the students have acquired the necessary training,they are divided into teams
and each team teaches a given class from the government school allotted to them.Four
different sessions are conducted on 4 different days namely,Sound,Light,Chemistry and
Pressure.

On the final day, a Science fair is conducted at the allotted school providing the
students with an opportunity to perform experiments of their own will and showcase
their talent.

Orientation/training :
Orientation on the “Chhote Scientist” programme consisted of a brief presentation on
what the programme is all about,detailed information on the Youth For Seva
Organization and what it stands for.

The first training session was conducted by a volunteer from the Youth For Seva team
who explained all the experiments based on the topics Sound and Pressure.

The second training session was done by the lead volunteers who briefed the students
about the experiments on the topics Light and Chemistry.
 Implementation : day wise
The first two sessions conducted were for solely training purposes.

Four sessions were conducted on four different days at the allotted government
school(KPS Uttarahalli) as follows

19/12/22-Sound experiments

20/12/22-Pressure experiments

30/12/22-Chemistry experiments

31/12/22-Light experiment

05/01/23-School students were split into groups with a volunteer monitoring and
helping them out.

06/01/22-Science fair conducted at KPS Uttarahalli with all the students performing
various science experiments and showcasing their talent.

Project outcomes :
● To sensitize college students in becoming positive change agents in the society.
● To establish a working relationship with college management to facilitate a sustainable
volunteering.
● To initiate YFS clubs in college where there are no community service club. To
collaborate with existing social initiative clubs in others .
● To identify and groom student co ordinator to organize activities in colleges.
● To facilitate a system which can utilize mass of student volunteers and not merely
individuals are present
Team work experience :
Teaching is indeed a strenuous task which requires a lot of effort.Team work was definitely one
of the key reasons as to why this programme was even successful.All of us worked together as a
team,helped each other in learning the different experiments,bounced off each other’s ideas and
backed each other up when faced by puzzling questions posed by inquisitive students.This
definitely helped in controlling the class and managing to grab the attention of all the students.

No of hours spent :

The first two training sessions were conducted over the span of 6 hours in total.

The four teaching sessions were conducted on four different days at the allotted
government school(KPS Uttarahalli) as follows

19/12/22-Sound- 2 hours

20/12/22-Pressure- 2 hours

30/12/22-Chemistry- 2 hours

31/12/22-Light- 2 hours

05/01/23-Splitting of groups spanning over 2 hours

06/01/22-Science fair conducted at KPS Uttarahalli lasting around 4 hours

Action oriented pictures :

 Sound Session

Conducting Neutralisation
using chemicals
Conducting balloon inside a
bottle
Target Beneficiaries :
The students of the allocated school were enlightened on the four basic science topics
which were delivered by the volunteers .They seemed to be having a lot of fun while
performing the experiments. It was an interactive session which helped them
understand the objectives easily and implement the knowledge they learnt in class on a
practical scale giving them a more hands on experience.The students were also given
pre-test and post-test worksheets which helps us evaluate if the sessions aided in
helping the students understand the concepts in a better way.

Expectations Vs Reality :
The expectations of the teaching atmosphere was initially thought to be very challenging
as we expected a definitive language barrier between us and the students as it is pretty
difficult to communicate certain scientific terminologies in kannada and more difficult
to explain the same and if they would be able to grasp the concepts being
taught.However it was inturn a very nice surprise to know that the students were very
good at communicating with us in english and were also well versed in the concepts we
taught them as they were pretty interactive too.

Scope for improvement :

The conduction of more Chhote Scientist programmes would definitely be extremely
beneficial to the students as something that the government school students face is the
lack of resources/equipment to perform more science oriented experiments.Provision of
this required material would help the students to implement the knowledge learnt in
their classrooms by giving them an hands on experience to learn
practically.Also,conduction of more science fairs’ at their school premises would help
pique their interest in the field of science and technology.
My Volunteering Future :
I am very grateful for this opportunity to be a part of the Chhote Scientist
programmme organized by the Youth for Seva Organization as it helped me discern my
passion for volunteering.It made me realise that volunteering helps counteract the
effects of stress,anxiety and anger and provides a boost of self confidence and self
esteem whilst providing you with a sense of purpose as we are giving back to the
society.Therefore I see myself volunteering a lot more in the future and would like to be
a part of more Youth for Seva Volunteering programmes.

Conclusion :
I would like to conclude by saying that the Chhote scientist programme organized by the youth
for seva organization was one of the most enriching volunteering programmes I have ever been a
part of.The programme was very orderly planned and systematically implemented in the form of
various stages.It not only benefits the school students but also personally enriches the
volunteers by providing them with a boost of self confidence.Thereby it is doubly advantageous
and provided me with a great sense of satisfaction that the students learnt something new
everyday and I could be a tool to give back to the society as there is no greater thing than
imparting wisdom.I conclude by saying that if given the opportunity I would like to be a part of
this programme once again and look forward to volunteering in the future.