Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática by Shanghai Art and Design Academy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Brinquedos, Jogos e Produtos de Hobby Competition Category.

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Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática

by Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Client: Shanghai Art and Design Academy

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Brinquedo Category

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The Design

About Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática

Elephant Weight é um brinquedo de educação infantil em matemática destinado a crianças com mais de três anos. O design inspira-se na tradicional história chinesa "Cao Chong Pesa o Elefante", na qual se recorre à substituição equivalente para medir um objeto grande por meio de muitos objetos pequenos. Cada pequeno peso em forma de elefante está marcado com a sua massa, de 5 gramas a 100 gramas. Coloca-se um objeto no barco, assinala-se o nível de imersão e adicionam-se pesos até que o casco regresse a esse nível. As crianças somam os valores marcados para aprender sobre peso e números.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Elephant Weight Brinquedo de Educação Infantil em Matemática merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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
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.
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.
Patents: Shanghai Art and Design Academy
Image Credits: Yuxuan Zhang
Nana Liao
Sha Yang