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Goal

As we become a more technologically focused society, fewer students enter high school having played childhood games. “Play improves the cognitive, social, and emotional well-being of children and young people.” Beside all the documented social skills children learn, they learn how the world around them works. In physics and in chemistry, they need to know about center of mass, balance, and magnets as well as general problem solving and working together. 

What will be done with my students

In order to expand their ability to make inferences and draw conclusion linked to SC.912.N.1.6 on key selected days throughout the year we will pause and take half an hour to a full class to play games based on center of mass(Octacog and others ), problem solving (jigsaw puzzles), or magnetism ( Yikerz, Klast, etc).  

Benefits to my students

Probably going back to the introduction of the first video game, teachers have seen changes in what the students in our classroom know and don’t know upon entering. Also as students are in more and more sporting activities, younger and younger, they haven’t had those “play” experiences of the kids in the past. Very few, if any of my current students have felt the anguish of making a mobile with coat hangers and yarn in scouts or during summer camp; but in doing so one internalized basic knowledge of center of mass. We still expect them to know these things without giving them the opportunities to try, fail and ultimately become successful. They have also not played with magnets. If they have ever picked up an Etch-A-Sketch they probably quickly lost interest. Nor have they spent an entire road trip with only a Wooly Willy toy to keep them occupied. Again, they are missing the very basics of magnets. And we all know that it is hard to build upon what isn’t there. So, I hope to be able to let them catch-up a little. I am fortunate enough to have already purchased materials that allow my physics students to explore very simple circuits before we dive deeply into the subject and I know how much it has helped their overall comprehension, so I would like to branch out with a couple of other challenging topics. Additionally, these will increase face-to-face interactions and could help to alleviate some stress while increasing interpersonal skills. 

Budget Narrative

All products currently available from amazon.com. Listed are 200 to 500 piece jigsaw puzzles because they need grit to start and finish something. Various magnet games and various balancing games. Enough for variety over a few times (not many) during a school year but also over multiple years without students getting tired or bored.  

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