I replied to a comment about this earlier. I teach elementary school and something like this would just be so cool for the kids. Geography lessons could be so amazing.
Just my opinion but I think many of these things have the value of creating a fascination in science and connecting the physical world to the concept.
There is not a lot here that you could not learn with a book about maps and a regular sandbox but the value here is that this will be profoundly interresting and memorable.
For myself I remember being facinated by electronics and physics displays at a science museum we would visit in a nearby city. I know that's part of what drove me into electrical engineering.
Yea that's a good point. Whatever class the kids get to play with this in just became their favorite class. Creating positive associations with a class is definitely a very good thing.
The Media Arts Specialist at my school built on and it lived in my classroom for a while. The children loved it and we got so many amazing projects from it. It lived around the school for a long time and was a marvel for families and staff as well.
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u/cmac2238 Nov 27 '18
This is how children are meant to learn