Institute
of Physics and Butlins
A
cross site initiative which used mobile phones with a printed activity
book designed to stimulate interest in science in the 7-12 yrs age
range over Summer 2007
Echo
is an alien schoolboy who has crashed his space pod at Butlins while
studying the science of fun.Children and families at all three Butlins
sites helped Echo to put his pod back together and fly back to the
planet Fizzix in time for his tea.
Echo
is an interactive story world to teach children about the physics
of three Butlins rides.
It
is the imagination of children, and grown ups, that creates Echo
and his world, and we used two portable information technologies
to help them conjure it up: mobile phones and printed paper.
It
is Echo's birthday tomorrow, and he's getting a new power pad for
his space pod, so he asked children (and grown ups) “ If you could
choose a new powerpad for my ship, what power would it have, and
what would I use it for?”
Here
are some of the answers:
I
would choose a forcefield pad 2 stop my friend Echo from crashing
again and make him safe.
Love
Alex B age 8
Samantha
age 7.
I
would chose a WORD powerpad and it would help you to learn new earth
words.
POWER
the new powerpad would be able to translate any alien languages
in the universe so you can make new friends.
From
Affelia aged 17.
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