Working model of rainwater harvesting major highlight

Malappuram district won the championship in the science fair, social science, work experiences and IT fair segments of the two-day Kerala State School Sasthrolsavam that concluded here on Sunday, while it was pushed to the third slot in the mathematical fair segment.

In the science fair segment, Malappuram lifted the overall championship with 124 points, leaving Thrissur and Kannur in the second and third slots with 118 and 117 points respectively.

Social science segment

Malappuram also emerged winner in the social science segment with 144 points. Thrissur stood second with 138 points and Ernakulam and Kozhikode won the third slot with 129 points each.

In the work experience segment, Malappuram scored the highest marks – 32163 – while Kozhikode and Kannur were the runners-up with 32,085 and 31,978 marks respectively.

In the IT fair also, Malappuram won the championship with 136 point, with Kozhikode and Wayanad in the second and third positions scoring 117 and 102 points respectively.

Mathematics fair

In the mathematics fair segment, Kozhikode won the championship with 276 points. Kannur and Ernakulam were the runners-up with 270 and 258 points respectively.

Major attractions

The major highlights of the social science fair held at the Chovva Higher Secondary School included working models of rainwater harvesting and incinerator-cum-energy generator and still models of ancient civilizations such as Egyptian and Harappan and empires such as Ashoka empire.

ISRO achievements

Also displayed were models of ISRO’s achievements.

Sidharth V. Nair and Devapriya S. students of Silver Hills HSS, Kozhikode, whose working model of water harvesting won the first place in the social science fair, said their model presented how water is stored presently and how it can be stored in future and used it as source of energy.

Groundwater

The model also showed the permeable paving of roads will help ground water conservation.