CBSE SCIENCE CHALLENGE-2023

Description: CBSE SCIENCE CHALLENGE-2023 Science is inexplicably linked with our lives and helps us to understand the world around us. By engaging with this subject, students learn to logically think and analytically solve problems. As an initiative to generate curiosity, inquisitiveness, and higher order thinking amongst the students, CBSE is organising Science Challenge for students of classes 8th ,9th & 10th. The theme of CBSE Science Challenge is SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY. The Science Challenge paper will be conducted in 2 rounds in every school. Loreto Convent School, conducted Round -I on 19 April 2023, for all students of classes 8th to 10th. Around 342 students had participated in the first round. The Science Challenge paper (provided by CBSE) was presented to students in their respective classes with the class teacher invigilating the students for 60 minutes. The invigilators were given clear instructions to write the submission time as soon as the students submits her paper. The Science Challenge paper is a power and speed test wherein students were to be evaluated on accuracy and time taken to complete the task. On completion of the paper, all Science teachers corrected these papers as per the marking scheme provided by CBSE. 2 students each per class (8,9 & 10), who have scored the highest marks, will be registered for CBSE Science Challenge Round -II. The Science Challenge Round -I was indeed a great learning experience for all the students from classes 8th to 10th. The students got a very good idea and experience in answering a competitive exam paper with both speed and accuracy. Round-II of the CBSE Science Challenge was successfully conducted on 12 May 2023. The results of CBSE Science Challenge Round-1 are as follows: 1) Muskan Maurya - VIII-A 2) Avni Sharma – VIII-A 3) Guntas Kaur – IX-A 4) Maria Khan - IX-A 5) Sumedha Shree – X-A 6) Vanshika Chikkara – X-A