[IAEP] Electricity and magentism

[Caroline Meeks]

Thanks Bert,
I don't think we'll have the kids up to speed on eToys yet but this was a
very powerful example of what can be done across curriculum areas once kids
have learned basic skills.



On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>wrote:

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> On 10.09.2009, at 02:02, Caroline Meeks wrote:
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>  At GPA we will be working with the 4th grade. Their fall science topic is
>> Electricity and magentism.
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>> We have the GCompris activity: GCompris Electric 11
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>> Any other suggestions?
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> This is higher-level than electromagnetism, but maybe still relevant (and
> fun to play with anyway):
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> In Etoys, go to "Gallery of Projects", then "ComputerLogicGame" (3rd item
> in 3rd row I think). This is simulating wired logic gates in a very simple
> manner, representing the on/off state by a color. E.g. the yellow rectangle
> is "on", while the piece of wire is "off":
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> Moving the wire's red dot over the source switches it on, too:
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> As you can see this does not require a closed circuit so it is not a
> simulation at the electrical level.
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> The example shows an inverter's (Not gate) script, and this is actually the
> only code for this object:
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> If the kids had prior experience with Etoys they could build this on their
> own from scratch pretty easily.
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> - Bert -
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