Alright party people we have some new toys in town...sorry manipulatives.
To the right is the Kodo wind tunnel. We picked up this little beauty for a steal and will be featuring it in the children's storytheatres for the time being. We want to test it out in storytime (controlled environment) before releasing it into the wild that is the children's area of our libraries.
The opening above the table allows children to place scarves and other items such as snow cone cups and other air catching things into it so children can watch it fly high in the air...
One thing they demonstrated was using a scarf and attaching a snow cone paper cup to it with paperclips to make a parachute...a milky way was used to experiment with weight vs. air resistance.
Another exciting item it he slate table which Margaret won in the ELF pre-conference raffle. This might be a good outreach tool for RC2Go (or a Eureka/IDEO art box). There are cups to hold tools and children get plenty of tactile stimulation from the slate surface, wooden paint brushes and chalk.
GO Margaret!!!
These items will be rotated between both libraries and possibly the RC2Go.
I had a really fun time flying coffee filters in the wind tunnel! Fun for all ages. :)
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