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Pinball Science

"Physical science teachers who embraced David Macaulay's The Way Things Work books and CD-ROM will want to add Pinball Science to their classrooms. Students answer more than 300 questions on three difficulty levels about force, gravity, energy, and other concepts. Each correct answer enables users to place another element in one of three pinball games. Although the program determines where the elements go, additional information about how such elements as springs and targets affect the ball's path builds practical knowledge about physical forces at work. Once each game is built, then students can play pinball; the program tracks high scorers. Students shouldn't be discouraged if they don't know the answers; they can research them right from the question screen. If the game is played long enough, all those pesky definitions and laws will be unknowingly committed to memory.”-Booklist

Boston Herald: "Design and use humorous pinball games, featuring a charming woolly mammoth--but only after you've learned a lot about force, energy, propulsion and other elements of physical science. This is a great gift even for those who claim to hate science."

Ages 8-13

WIN 95 98 ME
M
AC 7.5.3/8/9/X CLASSIC

$19.99

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