KNB students visit IUCAA and a workshop on science toys by Mr. Shivaji Mane

KNB’s two girls from ninth and nine students from fourth standard visited the IUCAA (Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics), Pune on the Science Day. They saw many scientific experiments and learnt new things.

The students after this one-day visit decided to present a programme at the assembly for the other children in the school. They showed a slide show of their visit. The fourth standard students had made many science toys which they had seen at IUCAA. They gave the demonstration of about 10 different toys.

The school also invited Mr. Shivaji Mane who works on the science toys in IUCAA with Mr. Arvind Gupta. He introduced children to various toys has like paper caps, whirligigs, toys made from match sticks and straws.

Mr. Mane also showed two magic shows and after the show explained how he had done it. Following this session he conducted a workshop for interested students about making the toys.