Name: Turning trash into toys for learning
Uploaded: 2011-04-29T14:51:00Z
Duration: 15 min 13 s
Description: At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design.

At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design.

Turning trash into toys for learning

Transforming discarded materials into playful, hands-on science tools can ignite curiosity and joy in children. Using items like bicycle tubes, straws, and newspapers, inventive designs teach concepts from geometry to electricity. In one project, tetrahedrons built with matchsticks and rubber mimic methane molecules. Spreading these simple creations to over 1,500 schools has brought science to marginalized children across India.