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Hand Spin Helicopter
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In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.
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Hanging Around
Learners investigate weight by building a spring scale. They observe and record how it responds to objects with different masses.
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Swinging Yo-Yo
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Learners build a pendulum from a yo-yo, and then design their own experiment to determine what affects the pendulum's period of swing.
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Woodpecker
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In this activity, learners construct a traditional handicraft toy that illustrates a motion commonly associated with violins and earthquakes.
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What is Energy?
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In this exploratory activity, learners experiment, observe and determine how various toys change from one form of energy to another.
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Magnet Tower
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In this activity, learners build magnetic towers to explore the forces and properties of magnets.