Quest : St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Janak Puri, Delhi

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ST. MARK'S SENIOR SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOL
JANAK PURI, NEW DELHI - 58

In the days when Janak Puri was taking shape and very few facilities were available, farsighted, Mr. T. P. AGGARWAL visualised the need of an educational institution in this area. It was in January, 1975 that a modest beginning was made and with good administration and healthy staff the school grew at a rapid pace. The expansion in the enrolment of the students, enlargement of the school building and upgradation from Secondary to Senior Secondary was very satisfying. Today, it has nearly 3000 students on the roll with nearly 150 staff members.

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To mark a departure from the bookish learning and bridge the gap between wrote knowledge & implementation, Science Week “Quest” is an Annual feature of SMS Janakpuri. Activities like debate, Powerpoint Presentation, Science Quiz and display of working models on Science and Maths are conducted to enhance & reorient knowledge through contemplation, discussions & hand on experimentations.

The main thrust of the SCIENCE QUEST is to initiative creativity and pursue imagination through experiences beyond the shackles of syllabus.

Science Quest - (23 to 25 August 2012)

Our school organized its ANNUAL SCIENCE QUEST from 23 – 25 August 2012 in true spirit of scientific pursuit. The students from classes VI - XI participated in activities like QUIZ, making a SCIENCE BULLETIN and DOCUMENTARIES on healthy life respectively. KASHIKA & JASPREET of VIII-B got First prize in making science bulletin. AKANSHA & AKSHITA AGGARWAL of XI-B won First team prize for their short film. The class VII students presented the story behind discoveries and inventions such as gravity by Newton, telescope by Galileo, radium by Marie Curie etc. in the event “ EUREKA”. The First prize was bagged by MEDHA SHARMA of class VII-D for giving the story of Marie Curie’s discovery of radium. In the event “NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS SPEAK” for CLASS IX, the students spoke about contributions of the well known noble laureates such as SIR C. V. RAMAN, SIR J. J. THOMPSON etc. RAHUL BEER of IX-F won First prize for depicting the scientist.

Eureka Discoveries & Inventions

Noble Prize Winners

Science Bulletin Board

Scientific fervour could be felt all around as the young and budding scientists set up their exhibits and models. Primary students of IV and V demonstrated their experiments on air pressure, density, properties of liquids, etc SAKSHI NEERAJ & DISHITA of V won First prize for balloon hovercraft. The middle wing students prepared exhibits which answered to the ”WHY“ aspect of scientific principles such as why should we know our blood group, why is friction a necessary evil etc and thus proved their knowledge. DIVYA & MUSKAAN OF VIII-B got First prize for their explanation of why friction is a necessary evil. The senior students showed ways to recycle and reuse waste junk by remaking ”WONDERFUL JUNK”. Remarkable models such as water rocket, etc were prepared using waste CD’s, straws, paper and plastic. The water rocket made from junk by XI-B students RISHABH SOLANKI, SHUBHAM SETHI & VISHESH KUMAR was declared the Best Model.

Science Exhibition

The parents were invited to witness the knowledge and skills of the students. Principal Ms. RAMA SETHI and Vice Principal Ms. ALKA KHER congratulated the faculty and students.

Science Quest for VI to XII - (16 to 20 August 2011)

To inculcate the scientific temper among the students and also to encourage spirit of scientific enquiry the Science Department of our school organized the Science quest for the classes VI to XII from 16^th to 20^th August 2011.

The winners of the various activities were as under :

Making a Science Magazine - 16 Aug. 2011
Participant's Name	Class	Position
PRACHI CHAUDHARY PARUL KATARIA	VI B	I
V. AAMINA TITIKSHA GUPTA	VI E	II
PRABHJOT KAUR ANNANYA RAJ	VI C	III
GRISHIKA JAGGI VIDHI GROVER	VI E	III

Science Quiz - 17 Aug. 2011
Participant's Name	Class	Position
MAHIMA BHATT SAMRIDHI KOHLI	IX C X C	I
MAHIKA LUTHRA AAKASH GUPTA	IX B X B	II
ADITYA G. DEEXIT NITIN YADAV	IX F X F	III

On the Spot - Science is Fun - 19 Aug. 2011
Participant's Name	Class	Position
NITESH SINGH JASKIRAT SINGH	VII D	I
ROHIT KUMAR SHUBHAM DHINGRA	VII A	II
APOORVA POORI VIDISHA KAUSHAL	VII D	III
AARUSHI GANGWANI MUSKAN TYAGI	VII B	Consolation

Power Point Presentation
Participant's Name	Class	Position
VINAYAK GOYAL SANCHIT MITTAL	XI C	I
MAYANK ARORA RISHI SURI	XI C	II
ADITYA AGGARWAL GUNJAN NAGPAL DEEPAK V. NAYAK	XI B	III
VAIBHAV GOGIA KSHITIJ	XI C	III

Science Debate
Participant's Name	Class	Position
MANSI BATRA	VIII B	I
HARSHIT JAIN	VIII F	II
SNEHA BANSAL RUPAL TREHAN	VIII F	III
AKSHITA PRABHDEEP AYUSHI	VIII B VIII B VIII C	Consolation

Science Model - VI to VIII
Participant's Name	Class	Position
RAGHAV KAPOOR KUMAR ADITYA	VII D	I
AKSHAT GUPTA	VI A	II
KEERAT PAL SINGH JASPREET SINGH	VIII E	III
VIDHI GROVER V. AAMINA AKBAR	VI E	Consolation
TANISHKA PRASAD VANSHIKA GARG GARIMA RAJPUT	VI C	Consolation

Science Model - IX to XII
Participant's Name	Class	Position
ADITYA G. DEEXIT	IX F	I
RONITA KANWAR HIMANI BHATIA	XI C	II
SHAILESH BAGDE RUPSNEET	XII C	III
HIMANI GUPTA PUNNYA ARORA YACHNA GOYAL	X D X D X E	Consolation

Science Quest 2010 - (19 to 21 August 2010)

Event : Debate
Topic : Net Surfing is helping students

Name	Class	Rank
SRIJILA BAGGI	VIII B	I
MAHIKA LUTHRA	VIII B	II
ISHITA KAHA	VIII B	III
HIMANSHI MALHOTRA	VIII D	Cons.
ISHITA KAPOOR	VIII E	Cons.

Event : Powerpoint Presentation
Topic : Green Energy

Name	Class	Rank
ITISHA & KANIKA	IX A	I
SIMRAN UPPAL & GAURAV	IX E	II
JAISMEEN & SUKHPREET	IX C	I
KAVNEET & PRIYA	IX C	II

Event : Science Quiz

Name	Class	Rank
MALIKA ARORA	XI B	I
DIVYA ARORA	XI B
LAKSHAY SWANI	XI C

Event : Science Exhibition

Name	Class	Model	Rank
AASTHA KEDAR HARSHITA KUMARI	VI C	BALLOON PUMP	I
MANEET SINGH HARSH VARDHAN	VI E VI F	WIRELESS COMM.	II
MANAN SHORI YUGAL MATTA	VI C	MULTI PURPOSE PROJECT (GREEN HOUSE EFFECT)	III
APOORVA SURI SRISHTI CHAMMOLI	VI D	SUBMARINE	III
AKSHAY KOHLI ROHIT KHURANA	X C	CONVERSION OF KINETIC ERERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY	I
TANVIKA KOHLI REETIKA ANAND	XI B	OPTICAL FIBRE (COMMUNICATION)	II
VINAYAK GOYAL VIBHAV GOGIA	X D	ALTERNATE SOURCE OF ENERGY	III
ANANT SINGH TANYA GAMBHIR	X D	SEX DETERMINATION IN HUMAN BEINGS	III
HIMANI BHATIA SDISHMEET SETHI	X D	NUCLEAR FISSION CHAIN REACTION	III

Event : Mathemagic Models

Name	Class	Model	Rank
Rishabh Kumar	VIII C	Properties of Quadrilaterals	I
Rishabh Singh	VIII C
Sagar Dhingra	VIII C
Nikita	VIII D	C. S. A of Cylinder	II
Shrishti Verma	VIII D	C. S. A of Cylinder	II
Manisha	VIII C	Puzzles of Polygon	III
Ayushi	VIII C	Puzzles of Polygon	III
Aditya Aggarwal	X A	Probability	I
Sneha B.	X A
Anant	X D
Ronita Kanwar	X D	B. P. T.	II
Dhruv Saini	X D
Tanya	X D
Sanjana	IX E	VEDIC MATHS	III
Rishika	IX E
Simran Uppal	IX E
Akshita	IX E

Science Quest 2009 - (20 to 22 August 2009)

Science Quest 2009 - Answering the queries : Click to Enlarge

Science Quest 2009 - Class XI students with different Spices : Click to Enlarge

Event :Powerpoint Presentation
Topic : Green Peace Movement Vs. Industrialization
PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN POLICING DEGRADATION TO URBANIZATION

Name	Class	Rank
AYUSH PARWAL	XI C	I
DILPREET SINGH	XI C	I

Event : Science Exhibition

Name	Class	Model	Rank
ADITYA G. DIXIT	VII E	DMRC MISHAP	I
RAJAT JOSHI	VII E	DMRC MISHAP	I
NISHTHA VANI	IX E	COCONUT OIL USED AS BIO FUEL & BIO DIESEL	II
MOHIT PARTH ANU ROUNAQ TANYA SALONI	XI	GEO THERMAL POWER PLANT AND HERBS & SPICES	I

Event : Science Quiz
Topic : Environment
Team SUN bagged the first prize

Name	Class
SIMRAN UPPAL	VIII E
SUGANDH GOYAL	VIII B
SHUBHI ARORA	VIII B

Results of Magical Science Activity

Name	Class	Model	Rank
RAHUL BEER HARSHIT JAIN	VI F	Vanishing Colour	I

Results of Science Debate

Name	Class	Rank
MAHIKA ANAGHA	VII B VII D	I
SEERAT RISHABH	VII B VII C	II

Results of Science Exhibition

Name	Class	Model	Rank
MOOSA	VI D	Water Harvesting	I
ADITYA & RAJAT	VII E	DMRC Mishap	II
SOUMYA & YUKTI	VIII B	Water Turbine	III

IX - XII

A. Powerpoint Presentation
Topics -
» People’s Participation in policing degradation due to urbanization
» Green Peace moment us. Industrialization

Rank I -
Ayush (IX C)
Dilpreet Singh (XI C)
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Rank II -
Vaibhav Gogia (IX D)
Vinayak Goyal (IX D)

B. Science Model making Exhibition

Class IX
Rank I - [Model : Agricultural Practices]
Mayank Kumar (IX A)
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Rank II - [Model : Coconut Oil used as Biofuel]
Nishtha & Vani (IX E)

Class XI
Rank I - [Model : Geothermal Energy]
Mohit & Parth (XI C)
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Rank II - [Model : Spices / Herbs]
Anu Sharma & Tanya (XI B)

QUIZZING

To increase the mental agility among the students quizzing forms an integral part of SMS curriculum providing an apt platform for the students to showcase their cerebral sharpness and quick responses.

G.K. Quiz - (2 November 2011)

SMS Janakpuri - G.K. Quiz : Click to Enlarge

Quizzing is an art which needs to be nurtured. In this regard a quiz competition for the classes VI - VIII was held on 2^nd November 2011. The team BABUR comprising of the following students bagged the first prize.

Participant's Name	Class / Sec.
Vidhi Grover	VI E
Maneet Singh	VII E
Sneha	VIII E

G.K. Quiz for classes I & II - (29 September 2011)

On 29 September 2011, Inter House G.K Quiz for classes I & II was conducted, in which four teams comprising of four students from each house participated. It was multimedia based and conducted on the smart board. Interesting spheres like Vocabulary, Know your Country, Animals, Plants, Food, Who's Who, Music & Sports were covered. All the participants answered Quiz Master's questions enthusiastically.

Neck to neck fight between Patel and Shastri House ended in Tanya Sharma (I-F), Nishchay Juneja (I-G), Arnav Singh (II-C) and Kritika Gandhi (II-D) from Patel House emerging winners.

English Quiz - (26 July 2011)

English Department of our school organized an English Quiz on 26^th July 2011. The results were as following :

Participant's Name	House	Class / Sec.	Position
HIMANI BHATIA ANSHUL GUPTA	Patel Patel	XI C XI B	I I
TANYA GAMBHIR ANISHA BATRA	Shastri Shastri	XI C XII A	II II
SMRIDHI SINGH RITIKA	Nehru Nehru	XI D XI D	III III

Social Science Quiz - (25 July 2011)

A quiz was held for the students of IX and X on 25^th July 2011. The teams representing the houses namely Nehru, Shastri, Patel and Gandhi had a tough competition but in the end Gandhi House was declared the winner.

Vipin Juneja of X-D, Shubhangi Bansal of X-E and Nikita Gupta of IX-B were applauded for their best efforts.

SST Quiz (27 August 2010)

SST Quiz was organized in our school for classes IX and X on 27 August 2010. Shastri House bagged the first prize and Nehru House got the second prize.

The participants were -

» YACHNA (IX E)
» RISHABH SACHDEVA (IX D) - Shastri House : I
» ANANT (X D)
» ANURAG (X A)
» SHUBHI (IX F)
» ABHRO (IX F)
» PRATISTHA (X A) - Nehru House : II
» PRERNA (X C)

English Quiz (26 August 2010)

English Quiz was held on 26 August 2010 in the school.

The result was as under -

I - Nehru House :
HIMANSHU KHANNA (XI D)
UJJWAL THAKUR (XI C)

II - Gandhi House :
ANURAG MISHRA (XI B)
MANSI ARORA (XI E)

G. K Quiz Competition (23 October 2009)

A G. K Quiz Competition for Classes I to III was held on 23 October 2009.

Following were the proud Winners :

- FIRST POSITION HOLDERS -
» Hari Om - I E
» Tanushree Bishoi - II A
» Debotrinya Sur - III E

- SECOND POSITION HOLDERS -
» Saksham - I G
» Nav Rai - II F
» Sanyam - III C

- THIRD POSITION HOLDERS -
» Aditya Verma- I G
» Dipanshu Gupta- II F
» Parth Joshi- III D