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The Bounciness Factor

Bounciness Factor

On the playground, bounciness is important to children. Observe how students select and play with different balls on the playground and you will notice that they possess detailed knowledge about ball behavior! Bounciness is an …

Bubble Olympics

Bubble Olympics

If you walk through a field in late spring or early summer, you might come across a plant stem with a tiny dab of foam on it. This plant hasn’t recently sipped a cappuccino. If …

Collision!

Collision!

Colliding objects with one another is a part of games with which children may be familiar—marbles, billiards, bowling and bocce, to name a few. Other games involve colliding other sorts of moving objects, either with …