IN THRALL: Students going around the science exhibition at Akshara International School in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: RAJU. V.

VIJAYAWADA: Scientist-turned-President Abdul Kalam's message to student community is clear: To develop and nurture the scientific temper for a better tomorrow. And going by the exhibits at the science exhibition organised by Akshara International School, Vijayawada, the students are having loads of them. The science fair brought to fore the innate talents of the students right from Classes I to X and some of the imaginary exhibits took the viewers by surprise. How the mankind would use the moon in the year 3,000?

N Aneesh, a Class X student has the answer. "The way the world is getting clogged by human race, a day will come when mankind has to look up to the moon for survival. This exhibit vividly narrates the ways and means adopted by the humans to live on the moon". The creation is more similar to a Hollywood blockbuster.

The cars are run on gravitational tyres and people live by consuming `calprovit', a capsule with the combination of calcium, protein and vitamins.

The help of rockets fetches the seawater and the water gets filtered mid-way through. Bang in the middle of the sea of tranquillity, there is a statue honouring the first citizen of the moon - Neil Armstrong of the USA. And fuel and oxygen is derived from the Sun. "This exhibit is a figment of imagination. Both teachers and students have given shape to it," said a beaming principal Sarada Anil Kumar. There was also an exhibit on the importance of biogas for an eco-friendly and pollution-free world and a chart focusing on the advantages of the solar energy.

Volcano eruption

A chart highlighting the scourge of the mankind - AIDS/HIV _ was keen on the prevention than the cure. A massive chart on the blood groups and data on how the blood groups are decided was more informative not only to the students but also to the parents and viewers. For the lovers of Zoology, a live dissection was conducted on a garden lizard and on a frog, which evoked curiosity among the students.

Young Murali Krishna gave a live demonstration on how a volcano erupts and the various gases produced due to the effect.

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