Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Making Motion Graphs With Toys
Intended for the beginning lessons in derivative and function graphs, this activity uses motion detectors and battery operated toy cars to generate constant velocity graphs on a TI-83/84. Then students take a free-wheeling car and roll...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Supply and Demand, Lessons From Toy Fads.
The concepts of supply and demand and related terms are taught through stories about the toy fads of Hula Hoops and Silly Bandz. In 1958, Wham-O, Inc. began marketing the Hula Hoop in the United States and sales of the Hula Hoops...
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Toy Sleds
Students experiment with different materials and objects to make a sled that will slide down the ramps.
Other
Tiverton Museum: Virtual Victorians
This is a virtual gallery of Victorian life themed into daily life, toys and Victorian legacy. Students can ask a Victorian child a question amongst other activities, and there is a teacher's area with ideas and downloadable resources.
Other
Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: How E Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a variety of alternatives from which to choose. They learn about the importance of price information in making their...
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Lifting a Lion
In this activity, students learn to solve a real-world problem. Using a toy lion and a lever, students discover how much work is needed to raise the toy lion. They use proportions to determine the force needed to lift a real lion.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Maglev Trains
Prof. Eric Hellstrom of the lab's Applied Superconductivity Center uses a toy train to demonstrate magnetic levitation, the Meissner Effect and magnetic flux trapping. [6:30]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Seven Speedy Pieces
In this activity, students will determine the coasting distance of a toy car if it is rolled down from different fixed distances down an inclined plane.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Fall Bingo: Pre K and K: Pbs Kids
Enjoy "Learn Along" Bingo! This week, we're learning how to investigate plants. Disfrute con Bingo! Esta semana, estaremos aprendiendo a como investigar las plantas. It includes six resources.