Simul Chess Exhibition

On the 15 of August (Independence Day), eighteen of IHS’s best chess players assembled in Tarana to take part in the Simul Chess Exhibition. Eighteen boards were set and our guest from Israel, Arad anna, readied himself to play all the eighteen players at once, going from one board to the next while having a few seconds to stop and play a move on each board.

After an Intense two and a half hours the game ended on the final board with a score of sixteen wins for Arad and two draws! The students who managed not to be defeated by Arad were Khushi and Adhavan from 8^th standard.

For some of the students it was the longest game they had ever played, but nonetheless it took place in a most professional way with the audience keeping silence and the players keeping concentrated on their game. Congratulations to all who were involved!

Connecting to Math in Real Life

On Monday, July 4^th, the 10th grade Independent Math students presented their projects to the IHS Math Department faculty. They had been working on these projects since they were in 9th grade. The eight young mathematicians presented their findings on the topics they had chosen – the mathematics of beehives, platonic solids, and asset management.

In the first presentation, the question in focus was ‘why are hexagons the optimal shape used in beehives?’ The students went on to provide a logical argument as to why hexagons are used instead of any other regular or irregular shape, thus proving that bees are mathematical geniuses. The next presentation was on the five types of platonic solids found in nature – the cube, the octahedron, the icosahedron, the tetrahedron, and the dodecahedron. The presentation detailed the properties of each solid and gave examples of where these figures are found in real life. The final presentation was on financial advising. Until exploring this topic, students did not know how much thought is actually put into giving recommendations on where to invest money

Each of the projects was very thorough and the concepts were well explained. It was particularly interesting to see the application of mathematics in real life.

Environmental Installation Workshop with Alumnus Sahana Ramprakash

On 4th August, Senior School art students participated in a nature/environmental installation art workshop facilitated by Alumnus Sahana Ramprakash. Installation art refers to an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific. Environmental installations, in particular, are both ephemeral, or short-lived, and site-specific. Students were introduced to the works of Stuart Ian Frost, Andy Goldsworthy and Richard Long. Sahana also shared images of some of her own installation pieces. Students then went into nature and attempted their own transient creations.