For thousands of years, the ingenuity of human beings has allowed us to do the seemingly impossible. Check out these two examples of how physics and a little creative thinking can have almost magical results!
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A basic principle of education: always give the concrete before the abstract. In other words, give a new idea to the hand before you give it to the mind. We are generally awesome at this with little kids. Walk into
Pull the string down, and watch the toy go up! Fun and simple mechanical toy you can build with materials you probably already have in your basement.
This fall, as part of a tech grant I’m involved with, I became a “Google Certified Educator.” That means hours upon hours of training on Google apps and extensions, as well as two ludicrously long exams. Yes, I can tell
The topics we cover in ancient history may seem a bit irrelevant to some (foolish) kids, but when we use hands-on, project-based learning, we give our students a tangible, memorable connection to the material they are learning. Conveniently, most ancient
The slow-motion video option on my phone has captured my preschooler’s attention lately, so we are using it to improve our marble track engineering. When we record a run in slow-motion and review it, he can more easily see where
This week, our marble set has been working overtime. Â We engineered a wall of pipes and tracks to run our marbles down, and we’ve been using it to explore how potential and kinetic energy work. Â We began with a short
Albert Einstein said, “Play is the highest form of research.” Â This is most true when our children play with toys that allow them to create, experiment, and solve problems. Our three-year-old is enchanted with his wooden train set these days.