Iron Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design · 2023
Elephant Weight Mathematics Early Education Toys
by Shanghai Art and Design Academy
- A' Design Award 2023 Iron Winner in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Shanghai Art and Design Academy
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,220
- Verification code E621DB785C · Verify this award
About Elephant Weight Mathematics Early Education Toys
Elephant Weight is a mathematics early education toy for children over three years old. The design is based on the traditional Chinese story Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant, in which equal replacement is used to measure a large object with many small ones. Each small elephant weight is marked with its mass, from 5 grams to 100 grams. An object is placed in the boat, the sinking level is marked, and weights are added until the hull returns to that level. Children add the marked values to learn about weight and numbers.
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- Unique Properties
- This is a math early education toy for children over 3 years old. It is developed from the "equivalent replacement" in the story of " Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant ". Each small elephant weight is marked with 5g, 10g, 20g, 30g, 40g, 50g and 100g according to the weight. Weigh according to the hull sinking,children can clearly feel the weight of different scales and enhance the sensitivity to weight and numbers, to strengthen children's careful observation of small objects around them.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Wave body: 270 mm long × Width 150 mm × 130 mm high;
Hull: 254 mm long × 134 mm wide × Height 91 mm;
Flag pole: 10mm in diameter and 155mm in length;
Flag: 52 mm long × Height 36 mm - Tags
- early education, toys, children, mathematics
- Production Technology
- CNC processing, painting, manual glue dropping
- Design Challenge
- 1. Spring size: Different sizes of springs have different support forces
2. Weights - Elephant: Mold making - Project Duration
- The project started in March 2022 and ended in March 2023 at Shanghai
- Operation Flow
- Step 1) Put any items you want to weigh；Step 2) Mark the sinking position of the ship with the anchor；Step 3) put in the elephant weights to make the hull return to the anchor position；Step 4) Calculate the weight of the object with the elephant weights.
- Research
- 1.Regarding the research on the progress of elementary school mathematics, generally speaking, starting from the third grade of primary school, the unit of mass learning is grams, kilograms, and tons.
2.Compression spring:
According to the force properties, springs can be divided into tension springs, compression springs, torsion springs, and bending springs. We choose a compression spring, which has a certain gap between the coils. When subjected to external loads, the spring contracts and deforms, storing deformation energy. - Inspiration
- The traditional Chinese story "Cao Chong Weighs the Elephant" tells that Cao Chong used the method of "equal replacement" to replace the elephant with many stones, and made marks on the boat to make the elephant and the stone have the same effect. According to the weight of the stone, the weight of the elephant can be obtained. Solve this problem by transforming "big" into "small". We combine the " Equivalent Substitution " in the story with children's toys.
- Image Credits
- Yuxuan Zhang
Nana Liao
Sha Yang - Patents
- Shanghai Art and Design Academy