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DS15 is in 9th grade.  He just finished reading Hewitt's Conceptual Physics, and I'm thinking of getting him a few kits to reinforce what he's read.  He's smart, but he's an Aspie, so we struggle a bit with the Logic stage to Rhetoric stage transition, so I'm thinking these kits would not be too young for him at all. 

 

I also think he'd really benefit from the hands-on aspect of them, because he can spew facts back at me all day long, but I'm never sure whether it's translating into practical application.  He wants to be an engineer, so that he can design trains, so we are planning to revisit Physics his senior year when his math skills are more complete.

 

We've never used any of these.  He built a Lego train when he was a lot younger,and did great with following the directions, but had a hard time manipulating the pieces of K'nex roller coasters when we tried those when he was about eight or nine.  (Heck! I had a hard time with those stupid things when he asked for my help!   :glare: )

 

So I'm looking on Thames & Kosmos webpage, and I see Physics Workshop, and Physics Pro, and Physics Discovery,but I can't tell if there is overlap or which order to do them in.  And then there are a lot of neat looking other kits, like Electricity, and Catapults, and Structural Engineering.

 

For those who've done these, where would you start?  Are any particularly good, or not really worth the effort?

 

Thanks.

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