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ERIC Number: EJ309131
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Reference Count: 0
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Old Train, New Track.
Prokopeak, Andrew W.
Science Teacher, v51 n9 p34-36 Dec 1984
Presents ideas for using model trains as a teaching tool and/or minicourse in junior high school science classes. Students investigate such topics as electric motor operation, electric potential, resistance, electromagnets, transformers, switches, centripetal force, cam mechanism, circuitry and wiring techniques, and ammeters. Directions for several activities and demonstrations are included. (DH)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods, Toys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Model Trains