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Article #77: Winterfest Educational Toys

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I took my family to Winterfest this past creations in both bending and
weekend. Science North, a science museum compression. These educational toys were
had an interactive workshop, we had to demonstrating engineering principles that
go. university students study, and these kids
It was a good thing no one told the kids were aged 5 to 12.
these were educational toys, it may have Next up was Magic Mud. This non
quieted the shouting, laughter and Newtonian fluid swirled like a liquid in
astonishment. The amazing science kits the bowl, but turned to solid rubber when
ranged from building bridges to exploding you punched it. What really proved the
candy. The kids had to push aside the value of this educational toy is when one
parents to get their turn playing with boy said it was just like quick sand.
some awesome science toys. The kids had the opportunity to make huge
What I notice when kids play with science bubbles, launch air rockets and learn
toys is the enthusiasm, the team work, about rocks and mining.
the competitiveness that exudes. These The biggest bang of the science toys was
aren't just educational toys, these are when the instructor heated up potassium
life lessons. And the level of parent chlorate then through in a candy as we
participation and encouragement was heart watched the fireworks. Who knew you
warming. could make educational toys with a Pez
Kids used K'Nex to build bridges and dispenser to show how your body's
towers, then used steel weights to test metabolism works.
the strength of their engineering






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