World Ozone Day!

Today is World Ozone Day!
September 16th has been designated as World Ozone Day by the United Nations, with the goal of continuing the awareness and monitoring of the condition of the ozone layer surrounding the Earth. The theme for this year celebration is Act Ozone Friendly - Stay Sun Safe!...


Tribute to Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai: Father of India's Space Program

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was born in Ahmedabad, India on August 12, 1919. His early education was in the family school directed by his mother. His higher education was at the Gujarat College in Ahmedabad and later at St. John's College, Cambridge (U.K.). He received his doctorate in 1947 after doing research in photo-fission at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge...

'Science for Peace' to mark the Hiroshima Day at Gujarat Science City

Gujarat Science City organized activities on the theme 'Science for Peace' to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Hiroshima Day on 6th August 2005 at the Gujarat Science City. The activity aimed to inspire the young minds about the wonder world of nuclear energy and its prospective application for peace and development.

On 6th August 1945, the world awoke to the thunders of the first atom bomb in Hiroshima in Japan. Three days latter, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The fierce blast wind, heat rays reaching several thousand degrees, and deadly radiation generated by the explosion crushed, burned and killed everything in sight and reduced this entire area to a barren field of rubble...


WORKSHOP ON CREATIVE SCIENCE LEARNING FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS

GCSC is organizing a three day workshop on creative science learning for secondary school science teachers from 8th August to 10th August 2005. About 40 teachers comprising of State Board, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navoday Schools are selected through their concerned Departments to participate in the above workshop. The Science City also plans to conduct a second batch for another 40 teachers of the State from 10th to 13th August 2005...