OBSERVATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LIGHT 2019

The Ghana National Commission for UNESCO and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board observed the second celebration of the International Day of Light, on Thursday, 16^th May 2019 at the Museum of Science and Technology, Adabraka.

The theme for the celebration was “Stimulating Young Minds in Ghana, particularly women, to study Science and Engineering through the Light Sciences”.

This year’s celebration was in a form of a Science Picnic which afforded students the opportunity to undertake several hands-on activities on light science.

The Science Picnic aimed at providing a focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture, art, education, sustainable development and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications and energy.

The participants were as follows:

• • Nii Amugi Avenue School                         44 pupils
  • Gray Memorial Basic School                    31 pupils
  • Calvary Methodist 1 Basic School          30 pupils
  • Calvary Methodist 2 Basic School           30 pupils
  • Rev. Lartey Adotey Memorial School      30 pupils
  • St. John’s Preparatory and JHS School  36 pupils

Each pupil had the opportunity to undertake a project in the following areas:

1. Microscopy
2. Periscope
3. Lava Lamp Effect
4. Glowing Water
5. Solar House
6. Kaleidoscopy
7. Stereoscopy
8. Dark Room Viewing