Thanks Bert,<div><br></div><div>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.</div> <div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Bert Freudenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im"><br> On 10.09.2009, at 02:02, Caroline Meeks wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> At GPA we will be working with the 4th grade. Their fall science topic is Electricity and magentism.<br> <br> We have the GCompris activity: GCompris Electric 11<br> <br> Any other suggestions?<br> </blockquote> <br></div> This is higher-level than electromagnetism, but maybe still relevant (and fun to play with anyway):<br> <br> 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":<br> <br> <br><br> <br> <br> Moving the wire's red dot over the source switches it on, too:<br> <br> <br><br> <br> As you can see this does not require a closed circuit so it is not a simulation at the electrical level.<br> <br> The example shows an inverter's (Not gate) script, and this is actually the only code for this object:<br> <br> <br><br> <br> If the kids had prior experience with Etoys they could build this on their own from scratch pretty easily.<br> <br> - Bert -<br> <br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div>