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Amir, Nazir; Abdullah, Nor'Aini Bte – Physics Education, 2021
A way to promote student interest and engagement in physics is by capitalizing on students' skills in arts and crafts to design and make physics-based toys. This article illustrates how two students (averaging 14 years of age) in the authors' science class designed and fabricated a variation of a physics-based teaching aid that demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Interests, Physics, Learner Engagement
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Kennedy, Katheryn – Science and Children, 2013
In this article the author describes the "Derby Design Day" project--a project that paired high school honors physics students with second-grade children for a design challenge and competition. The overall project goals were to discover whether collaboration in a design process would: (1) increase an interest in science; (2) enhance the…
Descriptors: Design, High School Students, Grade 2, Cooperative Learning
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Wayland, J. R. – Physics Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: College Science, Laboratory Experiments, Physics, Science Interests