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As a homeschooling mom, I'm always looking for creative ways to teach concepts. We use a pretty traditional approach with text books and even--gasp!--workbooks, but I like to find fun games, books, field trips, or even iPad apps to drive home what we've learned. So I was pretty excited this morning when I saw my six-year-old learning about states of matter and the water cycle by playing "Where's My Perry?" on the iPad.
"Where's My Perry?" is a re-invented version of "Where's My Water?", and both are free downloads from iTunes. While I don't quite understand all the bells and whistles (or, rather, lasers and "enators"), I do understand that in playing you get a mini-course in physics (how levers and such move; how friction works) and the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). Specifically, there are times when you must freeze the water to block an area, and other times when you need to heat the water to turn it to steam so that it will rise into the air. In the meantime, you're moving various objects to clear a path for the water--or block the path when necessary. Very basic, very simple--but a fun, effective way to teach scientific principles.
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