Adventure Science Center thanks Sony for helping us with Game On 2011!
For more details on the great things Sony is doing click on the links in the picture.
Marbles are another great tool to teach us about Newton’s laws of motion. That is of course when they can be found.
In 1883, Edouard Lucas, a French mathematician, invented a game called the Tower of Hanoi (sometimes referred to as the Tower of Brahma or the End of the World Puzzle).
Inside this pic is a link to play an online version of this immensely frustrating game.
Recently Beigoma has been resurrected as the popular Magna series and toys known as Beyblade.
What’s that? You don’t know what Beigoma is?
Then what do you say we click on the link inside to find out?
Mancala (or Kalah) is one of the oldest games played in history. Traces of the game have been found in Syria, Greece and Egypt.
Strategy is the key Grasshopper. Can you beat the computer in the online version found inside the pic?
YAHTZEE!
The game that sparked an eternal catchphrase is also a game of deep probability.
Scrabble and Words With Friends can teach you more than just an expanisve lexicon and words that start with Q and don’t need a U.
Rube Goldberg was an engineer and a cartoonist. He became famous for his intricate cartoons featuring super complicated machines that performed tiny tasks.
In any chain reaction machine (“Rube Goldberg machine”), many different science concepts can be found. However, there is one basic principle that makes every machine work…or not. Energy.
Studies show that an average person’s short term memory can only hold 7-10 items for about 20-30 seconds.
Jenga can teach us so much about structural engineering. Hover and click on the “How Stuff Works” link for detailed information.
