Curated OER
The Opposable Thumb
Students participate in an activity which helps them realize the importance of the opposable thumb through trying to live without it. The goal of this activity is for students to understand the physical importance of the opposable thumb.
Curated OER
Bean Bag Agility
Students practice their agility and dexterity with bean bag challenges.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Pet Tech: Locating Land Mines
Research the location of land mines by animals and technological methods. Use a metallic probe to uncover the location of an electric-circuit target (representing a buried land mine) without setting off the "bomb".
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: It's a Kid's World: Body Sense
Investigate potential and kinetic energy by investigating the elasticity of a metal coil toy, the Slinky. Explore the development of muscle coordination in children and measure how practice improves performance of motor skills.