Supernova '19, the annual Al Qamar interschool STEM fest was held on 9th and 10th February. Over a 100 children participated in the events. Al Qamar students were non competing participants.
The Science quiz has challenging questions which involved data interpretation and inference. Children had to apply the concepts they've learned in different contexts. The final round was a Science investigation, where children had to use a given hypothesis and material to conduct an experiment, record results and interpret the data. This component was introduced to emphasise the importance of hands on science.
The MakerFest event had an engineering challenge where participant had to build a bridge of given specifications using a set amount of ice cream sticks. Various very creative designs emerged. However the strongest bridge was the one which held the maximum weight - well reinforced with triangular shaped constructions.
The Mathlympiad was the most grueling event of the day. Teams started off with a written prelim and the top 11 teams qualified for the semi finals. The semi final questions were well balanced with puzzles, logic problems and twisted math operation questions. The finals, which took place in the afternoon were tough - with classic mind benders - the chessboard and pebbles, the pirate and the diamond, the dark bridge to be crossed within a certain amount of time, alphanumeric puzzles, the Truth tellers and liars. The children kept pace admirably and the final results were very very close.
Hauroon Jamal, Director, Al Qamar Academy, gave a talk on "Smart kids - a Routemap" which outlined dos and don'ts for handling smart children. "Its about creating a thinking child, not stuffing knowledge" he reiterated.
The event was a great success with a great clash of minds. All praise to Allah SWT.
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