Magnetic tetrahedra provide multi-sensory feedback on:

• states
• anharmonic motion
• influence of one-half spin
• many-body field-field interactions
• collapse
• chaotic change
• entanglement
• measurement
• observation
• symmetry
• position-momentum relations
• variable mass density
• particle-wave features
• other low level features important in physics and, below all that,
• the underlying principle of structured~duality: things have some structure
  AND have or exhibit one or more dualities or differences.

Tapping the tactile-affective information channel is crucial to achieving Comenius' long-term educational vision. More unified, more robust, active symbolic representations allow vision- and math-challenged people, children in the early grades or others in various cultures to acquire a common intuitive understanding of several modern scientific concepts directly, without absolutely having to master abstract math first.

This analog experiential teaching/learning method works right out of the box. Feeling plus seeing plus hearing plus thinking, as comes with all tool use, sparks a fresh, useful awareness, building connections. With magnetic tetrahedra, the exemplar provides foundational experiences, similar to working with a classical fulcrum and lever, but now introducing the non-classical realm. Overall educational success comes, then, in picking or creating the right tool for the task at hand, and, introducing it in the proper sequence relative to other educational experiences. Working with magnetic tetrahedra, participants develop a certain level of physical inituition independent of and prior to abstract math mastery. Participants can further increase their physical intuition by repeating the same or or devising other exercises. Subsequent traditional math/science education, of course, can only help.

Ralph Frost
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