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1.Innovative

INITIATIVES BY Pedagogy
CARBOARD

WASTE WASTE SCHOOL
PLASTIC Designed From
BOTTLES ADMINISTRATION,
Waste Ranked
TEACHERS
CIGARETTE 1st In Delhi by
BUTT &
WASTE
STUDENTS SCERT
Students usually do

AWARD WINNING PEDAGOGY 1 Award winning pedagogy designed from not enjoy learning
waste cardboard cartons and pipes long and intricate
& PROJECTS FROM WASTE
biological processes
and if understood, it
is not retained lifelong hence learning through gaming was planned
by Dr. Shilpa Raghuvanshi Chauhan, PGT Biotechnology. And
according to BBC, India is world leader in paper waste
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46641059).

Not only in India, paper and cardboard (41.1 %) are the most common

Figure 2: Packaging waste generated by type of packaging waste in European Union (EU), Fig. 1 [4].
packaging material, EU, 2020
Source: Eurostat (env_waspac)
With the objective to reuse the cardboard waste and help students enjoy learning and retaining
long biological processes through affordable games, a STAPOO game was designed. Dr.
Chauhan designed a STAPOO game that was correlated with the structure and functioning of
the human heart. While the students are learning through STAPOO game, they are in groups
and together learn the lessons, which they can revise easily too. Best part of the innovation
was that even students who are introverted in classrooms come forward to play and learn. The
game has two levels as shown in Fig 3:

Level 1 deals with the structure of human heart and

Level 2 deals with working of human heart

Celebrating the STAPOO game

This pedagogy was ranked No. 1 in State Delhi in Vidya Amrit Mahotsav which is an innovative
pedagogy festival by SCERT, Delhi.
The link of the video of the whole game uploaded on Diksha app. is https://diksha.gov.in-
/play/collection/do_313727732140302336111485?contentId=do_31372358035470745618903
It was featured in the Times of India on 17th March 2023.
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