Activities for Seibun Mind Development Kits

Harris Educational has partnered with Seibun USA in order to bring U.S. Educators activities for physical science, hands-on conceptual physics, and technology education.  Each CD-ROM contains activities for Coach software that will work with CoachLab I, CoachLab II, ULAB, TI-CBL, TI-CBL2, Vernier LabPro, and all Vernier Sensors in combination with Seibun Mind Development kits. 

Learn more about Harris Educational and Seibun USA:

• Announcement of partnership between Seibun USA and Harris Educational (news article from our news page)

• Announcement of partnership and kit details includes sample data (PDF file)

The first activity sets will be available in Fall 2002.  Contact your favorite Seibun Dealer and ask them for price and availability.  A full list of Seibun dealers can be found at www.seibunUSA.com.  Or contact Harris Educational by clicking here. 

Coach Activity Sets for Seibun Mind Development Kits

Each activity set consists of a CD-ROM that contains activities that can be performed using Coach Software and CoachLab Hardware. Printable student worksheets and instruction sheets as well as teacher instruction sheets and worksheet answer keys are also conveniently located on the CD-ROM.  Activities are aligned to the National Science Standards, build upon teacher developed activities that can be freely downloaded at the Seibun USA website, and are a great way to integrate the use of technology in your physical science or physics classroom.  Some activity sets also contain technology education activities including programming and control activities.

Using these kits and Coach probeware it is possible to teach activities in a new and exciting way that your students will better understand and better retain.  Every activity is a hands-on inquiry based activity.  Students can construct the kits in order to learn how they work, then test them using probeware in order to generate and analyze data that reinforces the concepts they learned while building the kit..

Image of Seibun Kit	Name of Coach Activity	Sample Downloads
	Exploring Science with the Space Explorer Teaches: circuits, sources of electricity, alternative energy, ohm's law, power, friction, forces and motion, speed, velocity, (optional: basic programming)	Activity 2 Teacher Instructions (PDF file) Activity 2 Student Instructions (PDF file) Activity 2 Student Worksheet (PDF file) Activity 2 Screen Shots (PDF File)
	Exploring Science with the CX Motor Car Teaches: magnetism, electro-magnetism, motor action, basic circuits, concepts of temperature and heat, concepts of induction, forces and motion.	Coming Soon!
	Exploring Science with the Fan Car Teaches: mechanical advantage, efficiency, application of force, basic circuits, alternative energy, friction, simple machines, speed, velocity.	Coming Soon!
	Exploring Science with the Mars Rover Teaches: circuits, sources of electricity, alternative energy, ohm's law, power, friction, forces and motion, speed, velocity, radiation laws.	Coming Soon!

CoachLab Activities for other Seibun Products will be available in the future.  Please contact us with your requests or suggestions.

About Seibun Mind Development Kits

Seibun Mind Development Kits are designed for hands on learning.  Each kit engages students imagination and engages their minds as they construct the kit and perform experiments.  These kits are not toys, but they do appeal to a child's need to explore and to work with real world devices and materials.  Each kit is well designed, sturdy, and contains parts and materials that would cost ten times as much for teachers to assemble from individual parts and pieces.

For example: The Solar Space Explorer Kit contains

• Motor/Generator (with pre-soldered wires)

• Gearbox

• Two AA Battery Boxes with easy connect springs

• Switch with easy connect springs

• Solar Panel

• Fan

• Vehicle Body (can be used as cart, car, or vehicle)

• Light Bulb Base and Bulb (with pre-soldered wires)

• Hookup Wire

• Assembly and Basic Activity Instructions

• Online Support and free lesson downloads

• Support of electronic measurement via CoachLab Activity Sets

Each kit is ideal for classroom or laboratory explorations in science and technology, or for individual experimentation and science fair activities.  Assembly requires no special tools or equipment.

Learn more about Seibun kits at www.seibunUSA.com