I ve used it to see how students react. I think I can tell a little about a student s attention span by how long he watches it. It s interesting to compare step lists. Some students will have seven or eight, others will have thirty. I even used this toy to demonstrate how a computer program works step by step and in ordered sequence.
Parts is parts.
I teach computer science, so I often have computer parts, chips, guts, devices, etc. No matter what you teach, there are objects that you can show that haven t been seen by many students. Kids are sometimes fascinated by things you had as a child or a younger adult. They aren t as popular as they once were, and many students had never seen one. Find an unusual part or object and show to the class.