9-year-old Bengaluru boy ‘pens’ award-winning innovation

Bengaluru | Thursday | 23rd January, 2020

Summary:

Sharanavya S Shrish has created a wooden pen, for which the outer body has been made of clay and pencil shavings. The first step to making the pen involved making the outer body with clay, glue and pencil shavings. “I made a pencil shavings collection box and installed it in the Grade 1 class in my school. Research showed him that pencil shavings, which are wooden chips, can also be used for mulching plants. He then made wood mulch with the pencil shavings he collected from the school..