Cubbon Park Visit

About Cubbon Park

Officially known as Sri Chamarajendra Park, Cubbon Park is a large public park in Bangalore city with rich flora and fauna, coupled with heritage buildings and statues of famous personages. Established in 1870, the park is spread across 250 acres with 6000 trees and plants.

Cubbon Park was initially known as Meade's Park and was subsequently renamed as Cubbon Park.

Activity 1: Walk amidst nature

Cubbon Park is home to many variety of flora and fauna. It is a perfect place to walk among the nature and enjoy the fresh crisp air without pollution in the city. The park is picturesque during the spring season where all the trees are filled with colourful flowers.

Activity 2: Visit to State central library

One of the most popular landmarks in Bangalore city is the State Central library. Also known as the Sri Seshadri lyer Memorial library, the State Central library is home to as many as 30,00,000 books. The library is said to be century old and has seen the city change. The library now has mobile libraries, which are books hosted in buses.

Activity 3: Appreciate art and sculptures

Cubbon Park has also been installed with many artworks and sculptures. The park is said to have about 200 stone sculptures providing some social messages. These artworks were a result of a 15 day workshop organised by Horticulture department and Karnataka Shilpakala Academy.

Get students to appreciate art and culture.

Activity 4: Let statues speak

Let children enjoy the beauty, colorful flowers, variety of trees, leaves, Fragrance and marvel at the Cubbon park. There are lots of statues in and around the park that are built in the memory of the most prominent figures of the region. The statues here include Major General Sir Mark Cubbon, Rajya Dhurandhar, Queen Victoria, Sir K. Sheshadri Iyer statue, and Chamarajendra Wodeyar. Narrate some intersting incidences and tell children the inspiring stories of all these famous personalities. Watch their amazed expressions and instil good ideals in them.

Activity 5: An event at the Band stand

The Band Stand at Cubbon Park was officially inaugurated on 14 March 1918. The venue used to witness regular performances by A band and other events. Then Mysore Maharaja's infantry band gave the first performance. To mark the silver jubilee of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wdiyar's rule, Madras Pioneer Group delivered a grand performance in 1927. Eventually the events and the performances stopped as it became difficult to accommodate large crowd.

In 2015, the Horticulture department with Department of Kannada and Culture decided to host cultural events on Sundays.

Children can perform one or two events here and get an experience of performing at a stage show.

Activity 6: Measure the height of a tree using a pencil

Take a pencil and move several meters away from the tree. Outstretch your arm and hold the pencil so that you can measure the height of the tree on the pencil with your thumb. Then turn the pencil at the base of the tree by 90 degrees. ... This is the height of the tree.

Activity 7: State Archaeological museum visit

The State Archaeological Museum is an intriguing collection of curios from various important timelines of the History of Karnataka. It is one of the oldest museums in India and has specimens dating back to the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro. There are coins and stone inscriptions from the Empire of Vijayanagar as well.

This visit helps students to look at the coins, sulptures, inscriptions of the ancient civilizations and understand their life in detail.

Aquarium Visit

Activity 1 :

Ask children to think about these questions during the process of observation and document it in their notebook in any form they wish to.

Identify the names of various fishes.

Look at the environment/habitat of the fish and the structural adaptations that the fish have to survive in a particular habitat.

Identify various types of fishes. Which one do you like the most? Why?

Are there any other types of animals like amphibians/reptiles other than fishes in the Aquarium?

Observe the body of the fish, its wings, tail, color, get to know what food they eat and the habitat they live in?

Activity 2:

Let children Draw/describe a live specimen/ fish of their choice after careful observation. Encourage them to draw/describe as many details as possible like color, shape, texture, movement and the activities that the specimen was doing during then.

Activity 3:

Encourage children to ask questions to the aquarium maintaining person about food of the fish, aquarium maintenance, environment suitable for fish surveillance or any other questions related to fish or other specimen that they observe.

Let children document this information in their notebook either in writing or in drawing.