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Bamboleo

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Bamboleo is a game of skill for all experts on gravity, and those who want to become one! A flat disc is balanced on top of a column and laden with about 25 wooden pieces.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Science
Play Time: 
10 min.
Bamboleo

Polarity

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Polarity brings pure physics to your living room in a game that is as addictive as it is innovative. You won't believe your eyes as you watch magnetic forces at work, enabling the play discs to gently lean or even float in mid-air!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
20 min.
Polarity

PitchCar

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PitchCar is at the same time a game of skill and a car race. This game is made of wood and is composed of a variety of tracks, jumps and elevations which allow you to build multiple courses for a variety of game play choices. Build you track, choose a car and pitch it along the track!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
20 min.
PitchCar

Bausack

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There are five variations on how to play. The goal in all of them is to build a tower. The bag contains very different wooden pieces (i.e. an ashlar, an egg, a ring, a fir tree etc.) as well as a sack of beans for the "auction variation" of the game.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
30 min.
Bausack

108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball (2004)

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Shows the various physical forces at play in the pitch, the hit, the flight of the ball and the run around the bases. DVD includes 4 programs: 1. The Pitch takes a look at gravity, air drag, and the Magnus force. 2.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:28
108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball

Destruct 3

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One player builds a block tower in the center of the board, then the other players attempt to destroy the stack using either a ramp, catapult, or pendulum. The destruction method each player uses is determined by a die roll.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
15 min.
Destruct 3

Roller Coaster Challenge

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In this thrilling engineering challenge, players get to build their very own roller coasters. Start by choosing a challenge card and setting up the pieces to match. Then, players use the remaining pieces to build a working roller coaster that meets the build conditions on their challenge card.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Roller Coaster Challenge