15 May 2013
Station: Bareilly
State: Uttar Pradesh                                       
Exhibition dates: 11.05.2013 - 13.05.2013
Visitors: 20351

SEBS 2013 created a milestone of crossing 2 lakh visitors mark, in the current phase at Bareilly Railway Station.

Even though, the SEBS train arrived 3 hours behind the scheduled time at Bareilly on 11 May 2013, the exhibition was opened at the usual time for the public. It was welcomed by Shri Abhishek Prakash, the District Magistrate and Shri Akash Kulhari, the Senior Superintendant of Police. Shri Narender Singh Patel, the Chief District Officer and Dr. Ravi Prakash Sharma, the Coordinator of Science Club, Bareilly, were also present on this occasion.

The first day of the exhibition recorded a lesser number of visitors. However, on the second and the third day, there was an overwhelming response. SEBS received more than 20,000 visitors at Bareilly, which included more than 1518 students, 122 teachers and 641 kids. More than 7900 general visitors came to see the exhibition.

In the JOS lab, more than 1200 students actively participated in the hands on training and demonstrations on Frequency and Wavelength, Boyle’s Law, Static and Kinetic friction, Contraction and Relaxation of Muscles, Law of Inertia, Neutralization reactions, Sound Propagation etc. and discussion on Biodiversity. The students also enjoyed solving Mathematical puzzles on Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Besides, discussion on Space Crafts, Rocket Launching and Biodiversity were also conducted.

In the Kid’s Zone, more than 600 kids enjoyed making Parrot in Cage, Flying Fish, Balloon car, Lung Model, Yo-Yo, etc. Besides they enthusiastically participated in games like Who am I, Did you Know, Clap in air and Tap-tap.

14 May 2013
Station: Haridwar
State: Uttarakhand                                       
Exhibition dates: 08.05.2013 - 10.05.2013
Visitors: 10284

SEBS was once again back to Haridwar in 2013 from 8-10 May. The SEBS 2013 exhibition was welcomed at Haridwar Station by Dr Rakesh Sharma, the Chairman of Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board. Dr Rashmi Gangwar, the Programme Coordinator CEE (Himalaya) was also present on this occasion.

During the three days halt, at Ambala Cantt., the SEBS 2013 received 9987 visitors, with 65 schools, 4439 students, 261 teachers, and 346 Kids.

In the JOS lab, a total of 819 students enjoyed the practical demonstration on Resonance, Oil Spillage, Traffic Signal, Magic Breath, Annular Rings, Frequency, Static Friction, Uniform Acceleration, Contraction and Relaxation of Human Muscle. The students showed great pleasure in solving some of the Mathematical Puzzles like Number Game, Soma cube, and some of the Mathematical Expressions. Besides, short talks on Climate Change, and Biodiversity were also organized by the SEBS team members. The general discussion on spacecraft launching and rocket launching generated great curiosity and enthusiasm amongst the students in the JOS lab.

In the Kid’s Zone, simple experiments related to the basic principles of Physics and Mathematics were explained by the SEBS team members, based on which the kids enjoyed making Pin Balloon, Dancing Capsule, Tap-tap, Noisy cylinder, National Cube, Magnetic Poles, Jumping Frog, Parrot in the Cage etc

On the second day of the exhibition a team of representatives of Indus Tower including Shri Alok Kumar Pandey, ADM (Finance and Revenue), Indus Towers, along with Shri Yatishwar, MLA (Rural), visited the SEBS exhibition and the JOS lab. The team from Indus Tower arranged for school visits and their transportation. They distributed souvenirs to the participants of the JOS lab and also placed water dispensers on the platform for the convenience of the visitors to the exhibition. A Painting competition on biodiversity theme was also organized at the Platform.

11 May 2013
Station: Ambala Cantt.
State: Haryana                                       
Exhibition dates: 05.05.2013 - 07.05.2013
Visitors: 9987

Ms. Harjinder Kaur, Ex Mayor, Chandigarh welcomed SEBS 2013 at the Ambala Cantt. Railway Station. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Canadian High Commissioner (Chandigarh), Shri Avtar Singh along with Shri Chander Mohan, the Advisor, NCSTC, Shri Paramjeet Singh, the Principal & Executive Director, Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, and Shri Jalodiya, the Station Manager, Ambala Cantt.

During the three days halt, at Ambala Cantt., the SEBS 2013 received 9987 visitors, with 65 schools, 4439 students, 261 teachers, and 346 Kids.

In the JOS lab, the students actively participated in the hands-on-training and demonstrations on some of the fundamental principles of Science and Mathematics. Activities like Newton's Cradle, Magic Breath, DNA model, Traffic Signal, Centre of Gravity, Sound Propagation, Writing with water, Soma cube, Pythogora’s theorem, Practical demonstration on Resonance, Frequency, Static Friction, Uniform Acceleration, Contraction and Relaxation of Muscles of human body,  Mathematical Activities on easy multiplication and arithmetic concepts were conducted.

In the Kid’s Zone, the students enjoyed solving Parking Puzzle, Tap-tap, Brahma's Tower and making Hanging Man, Paper Fish, Balloon Car, Balancing Act, Jumping Frog, Toy car, clap in the Air, Parrot in the Cage etc.

For the students waiting to see the exhibitions, Platform activities were conducted to make use of their time. Games like Web of Life, Brahma's Tower puzzle, who am I, Surface tension demonstration, discussion on biodiversity etc. were organized and well appreciated by the students.

A Teachers Orientation Program for secondary and senior secondary teachers in Science and Mathematics was organized, in which the SEBS Team members from Ambala, went to the Savvy Enterprises, an educational centre located at Patiala. A total of 40 teachers participated in the training and thoroughly enjoyed the activities discussed by the SEBS team members for teaching.

On the second day at Ambala, after the closure of the exhibition, few of the team members also visited Sohanjana Eco Club in Chandigarh, Punjab. It was an enjoyable experience for the team as it led to value addition to their knowledge about the regional biodiversity.

7 May 2013
Station: Amb Anduara
State: Himachal Pradesh                                       
Exhibition dates: 03.05.2013 - 04.05.2013
Visitors: 23819

Amb Anduara became a landmark station, with Science Express, visiting the state of Himachal Pradesh for the first time. A remarkable enthusiasm was seen from the people at Amb Anduara. Long queues of school students were observed outside the Railway Station on both the days of the exhibition.

Mrs. Kanta Attri, from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India welcomed SEBS 2013 at Amb Anduara Railway Station. She, keenly visited the entire exhibition, and also interacted with the SEBS team members during the lunch break.

During the two days halt, at Amb Anduara, the SEBS 2013 received more than 23,800 visitors with 140 schools, 14114 students, 788 teachers, and 655 Kids. On the second day of the exhibition, a record of 9076 students, visited the SEBS train, the highest till date for the current phase.

More than 1000 students participated in the JOS lab, where they actively participated in the hands-on-training and demonstrations on some of the fundamental principles of Science, like Center of Gravity, Conduction & Convection, Boyle's Law, Static Electricity, Newton's Cradle, Absorption & Adsorption, Number Game, Brahma's Tower, Crazy Cube, Magical Breath, Traffic Signal, Magnetic Levitation, Brahma's Tower, etc.

The Kid’s Zone, witnessed 665 students who enjoyed the experiments of science by making the Jumping Frog, Dancing Capsule, Climbing Man, Lung Model etc., and also attempted some of the mathematical brain teasers like Tap-Tap, Soma Cube, Number game etc.

Amidst the long queues of school students, waiting to see the exhibition, the Platform Activities, were well received. Games like Who am I, Web of Life, Quizzes, along with experimental demonstrations like Magic Breath, Bernoulli's Principle, Newton's Cradle, Air occupies space, and discussions on Biodiversity etc. were conducted by the SEBS team members.

A teachers training for secondary and senior secondary teachers, was also conducted by the SEBS team at Amb, in which methods to create scientific attitude in the students through different activities was discussed. It was well appreciated by the participating teachers.

On last day of the exhibition, the SEBS team along with Shri R.K. Jaiswal, the Station Manager of Amb Anduara, planted a sapling of Peepal tree at the railway station to spread the message of the importance of biodiversity and its conservation amongst the people.

5 May 2013
Station: Bajalta, Jammu
State: Jammu & Kashmir                                       
Exhibition dates: 28.04.2013 - 1.05.2013
Visitors: 17102

A proud moment for the entire team of Science Express was achieved at Bajalta, with the exhibition crossing 89 lakh visitors’ mark, cumulative of all its phases.

SEBS 2013 was welcomed at Bajalta station by Shri R. N. Meena, Divisional Traffic Manager, Northern Railways, Jammu.

Despite the location of the Bajalta railway station in the outskirts of Jammu, the SEBS 2013, during its four days halt received a total of 324 schools with more than 10,900 students. On the first day of the SEBS exhibition, there was less number of visitors. However, from the second day onwards, the number of schools visiting SEBS increased impressively. These also included schools from the Environmental and Cultural Sports Society and NGOs from some of the remote places of Jammu. Looking at the long queue of the visitors, the exhibition hours were extended till 5:40 pm on the second day.

A number of dignitaries including Shri A. K. Singh, I.F.S., Chief Wild Life Warden J&K, Shri Abhah Kumar, IFS, Managing Director, State Forest Corporation, J&K, Shri Ravi Kumar Kesar, IFS, Prof. R.K. Rampal and, Prof. Anil K. Raina, from Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Shri P.P. Sharma I.F.S. (Retd.), Chairman, J&K state Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, also visited the SEBS exhibition at Bajalta.

The main attraction for the students remained the JOS lab, where in a large number of students actively participated in the hands-on-training and demonstrations like Chromatography Technique, Magic Breath, Newton's Cradle, Polymerization Technique, Brahma's Tower, Soma Cube, Traffic Signal, Blind Spot, Stroop Test, Number Games, Blind Spot, Acid Base Neutralization, Puzzle Nob, Absorption & Adsorption, Conduction & Convection, Boyle's Law, Geometrical Activities, Mathematics in daily life, Practical demonstration of Force and Atmospheric Pressure, Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces, General Discussion on Biodiversity etc.

In the Kid’s Zone, activities like Sound propagation, Tap-Tap, Flying fish, Jumping frog, Whirling Fan, Climbing Man, Balloon Centrifuge, Clap in the Air, Giant Yo-Yo etc were conducted.

On the last day, special orientation program on General Mathematics, Science and Biodiversity were carried out for teachers from the language and social science background, in which 68 teachers participated and enjoyed the demonstrations by one of the SEBS team members.

On the last day, an earthquake of 5.7 Richter scale was experienced by the SEBS team members at Bajalta Station. However, there was no casualty. A group of the team members and security staff also visited the Vaishno Devi temple.