PRACTICUM & SCHOOL BASED EXPERIENCE
LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR PRACTICUM RELATED TO TEACHING OF GENERAL SCIENCE
- Physical Sciences:
a. andling of following measuring instruments.
b. Slide Caliper
c. Screw Gauge
2. Determination of the specific gravity of a solid
- Heavier than water.
- Lighter than water
And a liquid by (a) Nicholson’s hydrometer, (b) Hydrostatic balance.
- Determination of the specific gravity of a liquid by specific gravity bottle, and Hairs apparatus.
- Verification of the law of limiting fraction.
- Verification of the law of length of simple pendulum and hence finding out the acceleration due to gravity.
- Verification of the laws of reflection by pin method and hence finding out the position of the image formed.
- Verification of the laws of refraction by pin method and hence finding out the position of the image formed.
- Plotting of the I-D curve and determination of the refractive index of material of the prism.
- Determination of the angle of minimum deviation and hence determine the refractive index of the material of the prism.
- Determination of the poles of a bar magnet.
- Tracing of lines of force due to a bar magnet placed in the magnetic meridian. (North pole pointing North and North pole pointing south).
- Demonstration of magnetic field by electric current.
- Verification of Ohm’s law and determination of the resistance of a coil.
- Connection of resistance and cells in series and parallel.
- Connection of resistance and verification of the properties of Oxygen, Nitrogen, hydrogen and Carbon dioxide gases.
- Separation of the elements of a mixture by common laboratory processes.
- Demonstrate the physical and chemical properties of acids and bases.
- Neutralisation of Acids with Bases.
- Biological Sciences
- Biochemical tests: Carbohydrate, Starch, Fat and Protein.
- Preparation of herbarium Cereals, Pulses and oil tips.
- Observation of epidermis of Onion peels and root tips.
- Observation of plasmolysis in plant cells.
- T.S. of Sunflower stem to observe different tissues.
- Observation of protective tissue in plants.
- Dissection of Monocot and Diocot root.
- Dissection of Monocot and Diocot Stem.
- Study of permanent slide of mitotic cell division.
- Study of permanent slide of mitotic cell division.
- Study of permanent slide of meiotic cell devision.
- Dissection of flower (Hebiscus, Leucus, Datura)