INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS IAPT - NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS (NCIEP) - 2011

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS

(IAPT)

ANNOUNCES

NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN

PHYSICS (NCIEP) - 2011

NCIEP is an annual activity of IAPT. It is aimed to motivate teachers to develop 'innovative experiments in Physics which should display the theory as well as the experimental skills'. Please read the following guidelines:

1. The experiment should be an original one, designed by the participant himself / herself. It can be even a demonstration type experiment. The use of sophisticated software, computers, microprocessors for data acquisition and display are not allowed. Innovation rather than sophistication is the main theme. The participant can be a teacher at any level. He /She need not be an IAPT member.

2. On the basis of decision taken in EC meeting held in October 2011 at Rajkot, there will be two categories of entries and prizes on the basis of age. Top 3 experiments from each category A and B will be awarded cash prizes.

3. The participant should submit the details of the experiment in the following format.

Aim of the experiment, abstract of the experiment, detailed theory with necessary diagrams, experimental procedure, observations, calculations, graphs, results inferences and references.

4. The format of the write up should be as follows:

Title of the experiment – Arial font, size 12, bold, capital letters, justified. Abstract and theory of the experiment – Arial font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, justified, proper margins on all four sides be maintained. Total number of pages must be mentioned and each page should be numbered. Write up should be only on one side of A4 size sheet. The participant should not write his / her name, name of college / school etc any where in the write up. This may reveal his/her identity. However, an extra sheet must be attached which will display the following :

I. Name of the Experiment along with same abstract as described above.

II. Name of the Participant (s) (in credit order) with age and category A / B

III. Institutional affiliation

IV. Address for correspondence, Email address, (STD code) Telephone number including mobile number.

V. A declaration that the proposed experiment is original, designed and developed by the participant(s) and not published / submitted elsewhere. This declaration should be signed by participant(s).

5. Ten best entries from each category will be invited for demonstration at 26 th IAPT convention venue. The invited entries will be paid railway sleeper class fare and reservation charges (to and fro) from work place to convention place plus expenses on carrying the equipment if necessary. The selected participant has to come with his own setup for final demonstration. In case of joint authors as per IAPT rules only one of the participants is eligible to receive traveling charges.

6. Convention place and dates will be notified later. Generally the convention is in mid October.

Entries should be submitted in TRIPLICATE along with a CD / soft copy with email attachment of text and details mentioned in paragraph 4 before 25 July 2011 at the following address:

VIJAY V. SOMAN

(National coordinator - NCIEP)

81, Vidya Vihar Colony, Ranapratap Nagar, Nagpur – 440022

For any additional information / query please feel free to contact at : vvsoman.iapt @ gmail . com ,

Or at Tele: 09822228348

Decision of the judges will be final.