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 <b...@freudenbergs.de>wrote: > > On 10.09.2009, at 02:02, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > At GPA we will be working with the 4th grade. Their fall science topic is >> Electricity and magentism. >> >> We have the GCompris activity: GCompris Electric 11 >> >> Any other suggestions? >> > > This is higher-level than electromagnetism, but maybe still relevant (and > fun to play with anyway): > > 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": > > > > > > Moving the wire's red dot over the source switches it on, too: > > > > > As you can see this does not require a closed circuit so it is not a > simulation at the electrical level. > > The example shows an inverter's (Not gate) script, and this is actually the > only code for this object: > > > > > If the kids had prior experience with Etoys they could build this on their > own from scratch pretty easily. > > - Bert - > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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