
Solar Water Purifier from Discarded Plastic Bottles
Class 8 students built a working solar still that produces 1.5 litres of clean drinking water a day using only waste bottles, black paint and a tin tray.
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Class 8 students built a working solar still that produces 1.5 litres of clean drinking water a day using only waste bottles, black paint and a tin tray.

Children fold, cut and share paper rotis to discover halves, quarters and eighths, and then move to equivalent fractions through 'who ate more?' debates.

A Class 9 maker club built a bin with an ultrasonic sensor and a speaker that greets students, thanks them for disposing waste, and reports when it is full.

Once a month a grandparent from the village teaches a lesson: seed saving, folk songs, old measuring units or how the village got its name.
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Class 8 students built a working solar still that produces 1.5 litres of clean drinking water a day using only waste bottles, black paint and a tin tray.

Children fold, cut and share paper rotis to discover halves, quarters and eighths, and then move to equivalent fractions through 'who ate more?' debates.

A Class 9 maker club built a bin with an ultrasonic sensor and a speaker that greets students, thanks them for disposing waste, and reports when it is full.

Every Friday the last period becomes a story circle. Students run the library, write reviews on sticky notes and vote for the 'book of the month'.

Students learn triangles, circles and symmetry by creating traditional Warli paintings, then measure and classify every shape they drew.
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