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Kennedy, Katheryn – Science and Children, 2013
In this article the author describes the "Derby Design Day" project--a project that paired high school honors physics students with second-grade children for a design challenge and competition. The overall project goals were to discover whether collaboration in a design process would: (1) increase an interest in science; (2) enhance the…
Descriptors: Design, High School Students, Grade 2, Cooperative Learning
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Kirkwood, James J. – Science and Children, 1994
Students explore the workings of the lever, wheel and axle, and the inclined plane as they build simple toys--a bulldozer and a road grader. The project takes four weeks. Diagrams and procedures are included. (PR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities, Models