STRAW WIRE MECANNO - ENGLISH - 27MB.wmv

In this simple Mecanno stiff plastic straws are used as building elements and wire is used to make joints. The sleeve provides the grip and the wire the strength. With these you can make an array of 2-D and 3-D shapes. The basic modules can be assembled to make complex shapes. The pyramid can be perched on top of the cube to make a house. This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org

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