Teaching Physics with Toys


Book Description

Activity resource book teaching scientific principles in a vivid way with Lego, balloons etc.




How Toys Work


Book Description

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.




Toys Or Physics?: Explaining Physics Through Toys


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Are you ready for a journey of discovery? Let's go!This eye-opening book will amaze young readers and spark their interest in physics. With full-colour illustrations and simple-to-read explanations, Toys or Physics? examines well-loved toys and games, and breaks down essential physics concepts through fun and play.This book is for three groups of people:This title is part of the set: Is it Science? (Set 1)




The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics


Book Description

This manual contains experiments, demonstrations, and displays involving toys that can be used to introduce most of the major topics covered in a typical introductory physics class. These activities provide a sense that everyday objects are closely related to the topics studied in physics. Using toys in teaching physics will certainly add excitement and enthusiasm to your classroom.




Newtonian Physics for Babies


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Help your future genius become the smartest baby in the room! Written by an expert, Newtonian Physics for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction to Newton's laws of motion. Babies (and grownups!) will learn all about mass, acceleration, the force of gravity, and more. With a tongue-in-cheek approach that adults will love, this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest scientists. After all, it's never too early to become a physicist!







Toys in Space


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A handbook for facilitating learning about the effects of weightlessness using toys. Focuses on process skills of observing, comparing, measuring, predicting, and testing.




Exploring Energy with TOYS


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A collection of experiments for students in grades four through eight that use toys to illustrate the basic concepts of physical science, each with a list of the key science topics convered and process skills used, step-by-step instructions, and reproducible handouts.




The Physics of Toys and Games Science Projects


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"Explore the world of science by experimenting with the physics of toys and games"--




How Toys Spin


Book Description

Discover how pushing and pulling forces make spinning toys work. See forces in action by making a spinning toy and trying a fun experiment.