bengaluru with former president apj abdul kalams inspiring words still lingering in their minds 200 students from 20 schools in the city on tuesday were vocal about what they need to do to be socially responsible the children said they want to learn science from firsthand experiences and not just mug up theories to score marks the fiveday parikrma festival of science which kicked off on the lush gkvk campus on tuesday provides such a platform for viii and ix graders where they are exploring new concepts of science there were sessions on how to conserve water bodies and understand aquamarine life vridula h a class viii student from national pubic school yeshwanthpur said we were taught that water can be chemically created but that will not suffice its high time students became socially responsible and created awareness on water conservation platforms like this is an eyeopener for us the team will be taken to jakkur lake where they will test water samples and hold experiments to check pollution levels it is interesting to know how even a microorganism plays a vital role in maintaining water quality we usually dont measure how much water we use and tend to waste it while washing vegetables or cooking what we learnt here will have an impact on our life said m s yashaswini class viii student of nagarjuna vidhya niketan school