Preview: "Light & Sound" On-Demand Video Lesson
Have your light detectors (eyes) and sound detectors (ears) ready! We’re building a “Mini Movie Machine” and “Musical Measuring Stick” while exploring Light and Sound Sources, Vibrations, Pitch, Opacity and more!
Grade: K-3
Length: 60-90 minutes.
Group Size: 15-150 students.
Students need: “Light and Sound” Toymaker Kits, colored markers, stapler, tape.
More Info: Your primary students will experience a fun-filled, hands-on toy-building adventure that directly supports and extends national science standards around the topic of Light and Sound.
Professional toy inventor and nationally recognized educator Rick “Mister Toymaker” Hartman provides the instruction with a Video-Guided (On-Demand) lesson teeming with scientific surprises, entertaining demonstrations and informative content.
Your students will use simple materials like wood blocks, wheels and rubber bands to build two fascinating toys that demonstrate important concepts studied in classrooms. Topics like: light and sound sources, receivers, optical illusions, properties (e.g. transparency, translucence, opacity), pitch, volume and vibration.
Perfect for curriculum enhancement, "In-School Field Trips," and other special occasions, the "Light and Sound" workshop promises to be a "Best Day Ever" for students, teachers, and parent volunteers alike!
Light & Sound On-Demand Class Pack (K-3)
K-3
Reviews
Oh my gosh, it couldn't have gone any better! The students were highly engaged throughout the entire workshop, and I believe you taught them our lesson on transparent, translucent and opaque objects! 🤗😊 As we teach our upcoming STEMScopes unit, we will be able to revisit many things that you taught our students. Your workshop was well aligned with our curriculum! Wow, thank you! 😊
Our team of teachers loved your program. The kids have continued to talk about their toys - and that lesson has been the most effective learning they have done all year!!!!!! When it’s fun, the learning really sticks. THANK YOU!
Phenomenal! We have done the Toymaker experience for many years in a row now, and every time the students are engaged, excited, and already looking forward to next year! Really unique and exciting activities that connect to our classroom learning!
It was another amazing workshop. It connected beautifully to our current science unit too!
We loved the format, especially with the step-by-step instructions on a single frame for the kids to refer to while they were building their toys. The students were engaged with the workshop and very excited about their toys. It was well suited for all five grade levels. We also appreciated how there were explicit tasks for students that completed a step early. The kids were asking when we would get to do another toymaker workshop, so I’d call it a success!