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If you build it, they will learn [electronic resource]

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If You Build It, They Will Learn is the perfect do-it-yourself guide for physics teachers who want custom-made demonstration projects to use in their classrooms. Devices like Galileo's Track, Coupled Pendulum, and Gum-Wrapper Thermostat will help you teach forces, energy, properties of matter, and much more. Best of all, you don't need an engineering degree to assemble these devices. The book provides such detailed instructions that even novices can handle the necessary tasks and tools.

Title If you build it, they will learn [electronic resource] : 17 devices for demonstrating physical science / by Bruce Yeany.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press
Creation Date c2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-285).
English
Content Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Galileo's Track
2 Can You Top This?
3 Inertia Block
4 Resonant Pendulums
5 Hero's Fountain
6 String Racers
7 Solar Motor
8 Weigh Your Cans
9 Balanced Breakfast Box
10 Heavy Foam
11 Mystery Boxes
12 Balloon in a Bottle
13 Hot, Warm, or Cold?
14 What Color Is Inside?
15 Gum Wrapper Thermostat
16 Simple Motor, Two-Coil Motor
17 Lightbulbs
Appendix A Resources
Appendix B Research Review
Extent 1 online resource (293 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710191405171
MARC RECORDS
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