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Out to wow the nation with their projects

Puducherry: Students of three government schools – SNKC Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kurusukuppam; Bharathi Government Higher Secondary School, Bahour; and Aringar Anna Government Higher Secondary School, Kunichampet – will be leaving for Pune on December 25 to participate in the National Children’s Science Congress, according to a press release here.

Students of three other private schools – Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, St. Joseph of Cluny Higher Secondary School and St. Theresa’s High School, Chalakkara in Mahe – too will participate in the event.

Six teams were selected at the state-level Science Congress held in November.

Students of Bahour’s Bharathi Government Higher Secondary School Prasana Santhuru. S, Muthukumaran. S, Kalidasan. D, Mullaivanan. M and Prakash. A with their guide teacher N. Mangayarkkarasi had presented a project titled ‘Spiny King’, a study of prickly pears (Opuntia). The team discovered that the non-poisonous cacti that retain water are edible. They could be cooked and consumed like vegetables.

Students of SNKC Ramkumar. S, Udhayakumar. V, Gunasekaran. M, Aravindasamy. C and Jeeva. S, along with K. Ganesh as their guide teacher, studied the coconut palm and noted its economic values. They found that coir pith retained water and that it could be used in farms to retain moisture for the crop. They have been encouraging farmers to try this method of moisture retention.

It was guide teacher V. George Fernandes’ idea for students of Aringar Anna School Sathya Moorthy. D, Raja Durai. A and Prabakaran. B to study the food habits of termites.

They found that termites, known to consume wood, also consume plastic and dry leaves. They concluded that after more research their waste could also be used as vermi-compost.

The mosquito menace in residential areas such as Lawspet and Thattanchavady urged the team from Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, comprising Nirmal. K (team leader) Prassanna Kumar. V, Jaya Kumar. S, Komalashankaran. C and Kevin. A, to study the problem. G. Jayaraj was their guide teacher.

The simple ladiesfinger and blackgram dhal inspired students of St. Joseph of Cluny to study the greenhouse effect on these plants. With K.P. Rajeswari as their guide teacher, Karpagapriya. P, Janenie. C and Aksaya. V studied the plants and presented a project.

The team from Chalakkara, St. Theresa’s, studied the biodiversity of mangroves and mussles that breed in the estuary. Veena M.N., Shahafaz Ibi, Rahul R.S., Nihal Mohammed and Jithul N., studied the plants that grew in two river estuaries.

The students will be presenting the projects at the National Children’s Science Congress in Pune, the release added.

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