SlogansScience day and exhibition slogans
National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February, the day in 1928 when C. V. Raman announced the discovery of the Raman effect. These slogans suit exhibition stalls, charts and banners.
English
Ask why. Then ask how.
Science is curiosity with a notebook.
Test it. Do not just trust it.
Every expert was once a child with a question.
Wonder first. Measure next.
A failed experiment is a result too.
Think like a scientist: observe, question, check.
Facts first. Opinions after.
Science is not a subject. It is a way of looking.
Today's question is tomorrow's invention.
Be curious. It is free.
Ask why. Then ask it again.
Do not believe me. Test it.
The answer is good. The next question is better.
A wrong guess is still a step.
Look closer. It is more interesting than you think.
The lab is where "I think" becomes "I checked".
हिन्दी
सवाल पूछो, यही विज्ञान की पहली सीढ़ी है।
देखो, परखो, फिर मानो।
जिज्ञासा ही खोज की जननी है।
प्रयोग करो, डरो मत, गलती से भी सीख मिलती है।
क्यों और कैसे: विज्ञान के दो सबसे अच्छे दोस्त।
तर्क से सोचो, तथ्य से बोलो।
आज का सवाल, कल का आविष्कार।
विज्ञान किताब में नहीं, हमारे चारों ओर है।
पूछो क्यों, फिर पूछो कैसे।
मानो मत, जाँच कर देखो।
हर वैज्ञानिक कभी सवाल पूछने वाला बच्चा था।
ग़लत अनुमान भी एक क़दम है।
अंधविश्वास छोड़ो, तर्क से नाता जोड़ो।
In common use (not written by us)
विज्ञान अपनाओ, अंधविश्वास भगाओ।
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Where these slogans are used
Exhibition stalls, model labels, chart headings, the banner over the science lab door, quiz programmes and science club notice boards. On an exhibition day a slogan has about three seconds to stop a visitor who is walking past twenty stalls.
Write your own
Questions stop people. "Why is the sky blue?" above a stall does more than "Science is great". Write the question your model answers, and let the model be the reply. For a banner, the best lines praise curiosity and testing, not cleverness: ask, try, measure, check, try again.
- English pairs: why and try, test and best, think and link, proof and truth, wonder and under.
- Hindi pairs: विज्ञान and ज्ञान, प्रयोग and उपयोग, सवाल and कमाल, खोज and रोज़, तर्क and फ़र्क़.
For your stall
- Heading: the question, in the largest letters.
- Below it: one sentence saying what your model shows.
- On a card: three steps of how it works, and what you would improve next time. Judges always ask the last one.
Keep the science right
A slogan on a science day must not say anything false. Avoid lines that claim science has proved a belief, cured everything or made anything "impossible". If you mention a scientist, an invention or a date, check it in your textbook first. The introduction above gives the reason for the date of National Science Day, which is a common quiz question.
What to avoid
- Slogans that mock faith or tradition. Science day is for questions, not quarrels.
- Copying the heading of another stall.
Using these slogans
- For a model or stall, use a slogan that asks a question. Visitors stop for questions.