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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the evolution of toys and explore how the toy industry has adapted their products in response to advances in technology and changing customer expectations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students reflect on their favorite childhood toys and assess their continued appeal. They work in pairs to redesign classic toys and create posters to represent their new models. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students research history of popular toys to learn when those toys were first introduced. They use measurement skills to create an accurate timeline. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students experiment with a variety of simple toys (Slinky, paddleball, marbles, a gyroscope, etc.) and record their findings of how each moves and is affected by various forces like air, friction, etc. Then they find out how each toy performed in space. They compare the toys' performances in the two different locations. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students consider toys as more than items for playing, compare and contrast inventors and toys they created, and discuss purpose of specific toys, including whether toy was created for education, financial success, or both. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use primary sources to analyze advertisements, prices, and styles of Lincoln Logs from Carson Pirie Scott catalogs from 1952 to 1960. Students then compare modern-day toy to Lincoln Logs of the 1950s by analyzing differences in pricing, methods of advertisement, and ways to obtain the toys. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students develop research skills as they search the Internet for popular toys and study when those toys were first introduced. Students use measurement skills to create an accurate time line of when the toys were introduced. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students create a toy, game or story suitable for a young child. They research magazines, catalogs, and child development texts for ideas. Students consider the age and development of the child. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students continue their examination of how things operate. In groups, they use this information to create a simple toy of their own. They also explain the relationship between stationary and moving objects and share their simple machine with the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore methods to sort toys and how they work. They identify toys as being old, new big, small, plastic, wood, and sort according to determined criteria. Students go on a technology trail, identify things that move and discuss how they work. In pairs, the use educational software to sort toys on a screen. Full Review »