I don't know how this has happened but Squishy Circuits have just come into my awareness! What a great tool for exploring circuit building -- and so many ties to middle school math! Thanks AnnMarie Thomas and Squishy Circuits for laying out the math so clearly in your videos.
I'm excited to order a starter kit and start playing with possibilities for my 7th graders. Just in this quick video it's easy to see the direct connections between circuit building and
- solving equations
- direct proportion
- inverse proportion
- understanding decimals
Lots of opportunities for students to design, test, improve! It seems like this tool offers a low/variable entry point -- which looks great for me as a teacher getting started with making things in the classroom, and is good for students who may not see themselves as makers. Plenty of room to play and create with ample opportunity to grow in complexity as their understanding of circuits increases.
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