The Powder Toy

Could some make a Powder Toy for children

  • yew101     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    im thinking of making a mod for this but when you place an element it pops up with A if you chose A or if you place element B a B will appear instead of a circle/square

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    also what is the resolution of you interactive whiteboard? i could increase windows size so you cannot drag finger acrss and open other window
  • tutut125     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Catelite
    the good days :D when neutron guns were OMG and a simple calculator was mindblowing and electronics were made with all walls :D
  • jma1111     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Yeah the good days.......
    But I like this whole idea.
  • dante3rd     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    My projector is a BENQ mp523 model. It has a 1024 x 768 Native Resolution and a 4:3 Native Aspect Ratio.

    Simon:
    When I use the "kiosk" it seems to only increase the size of the powder toy similar to "scale:2". Is it supposed to do that? I tried to move the large powder toy screen so that the bottom buttons could be reached, but when i press enter to confirm the top of powder toy goes back to the top of the screen.

    I'm happy to see others interested in the idea. I think the problem that most teachers have with TPT is they see it as a just a game. If a kid has a blast playing with electrodes and liquid nitrogen on a simulator, who's to say that same kid when they go to college won't want to take a classes that lets him experiment with real electrodes and real liquid nitrogen?

    TPT toy is better than the other 2d physics simulators because it only deals with materials, and doesn't get bogged down with complicated functions.
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  • tutut125     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    so simon are any of these changes expected to become official?
  • hugoRawr     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Call it simple PT, or kid.z PT
    This would be great

    Don't remove any elements though
  • Ace     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I think TPT is fine for children just the way it is. I know a prep kid who's awesome with it.

    Some people simply under estimate the mind of a young child.
  • tutut125     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Ace
    well maybbe for the younger typers like dante3rd said some flowers or larger buttons for her large screen.
  • tardisman     6th Jan 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I personally don't think a children powder toy is really needed.

    I'm am actually 11 years old going on 12 and I live it!
    It might be because I am a science wizz kid, but really kids below my age wouldn't really be interested.

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