Rigamajig Basic Builder Workshop with Materials
Highlights:
The Basic Builder Workshop is a sturdy interactive display unit that inspires creativity by allowing kids to see all the Basic Builder Kit parts and pieces, empowering them to imagine what they can create! Workshops establish a dedicated exhibit and play space, while a pegboard panel and bins enable planks, wheels, brackets, wing bolts, and nuts to stay visible and organized.
Ideal for schools, children's and science museums, libraries, community organizations, maker spaces, camps, recreation centers, STEM/STEAM programs, or anywhere where kids gather to play and learn!
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
Core STEAM & Engineering Topics
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Simple Machines & Mechanics: Exploring mechanical advantage, force, motion, direction, incline planes, levers, gears, and pulleys.
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Structural Engineering & Design: Understanding balance, weight distribution, stability, load-bearing structures, geometry, and spatial reasoning.
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Systems Thinking & Rube Goldberg Design: Creating chain-reaction contraptions, ramp networks, and cause-and-effect paths.
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Transportation & Locomotion: Building functional vehicles, wheel-and-axle setups, steering mechanisms, and rolling structures.
Social-Emotional & Process-Based Learning
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Cooperative Problem-Solving: Shared resource management, collaborative design, negotiation, and teamwork.
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Iterative Design & Failure Analysis: Prototyping, testing, troubleshooting structural failures, and adapting plans mid-build.
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Inquiry & Open-Ended Play: Responding to open-ended challenges (e.g., designing habitats, shelters, functional tools, or imaginative creatures) using the official Play Prompts and Project Plans.
What’s Included:
The Basic Builder Workshop with Basic Builder Kit materials comes with the complete interactive display unit as well as 1x full set of builder parts and storage accessories:
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Interactive Display Unit: A freestanding, commercial-grade display unit featuring a pegboard panel, built-in storage bins, and an included graphic panel.
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Basic Builder Kit Parts: A full assortment of building pieces including planks, wheels, brackets, wing bolts, and nuts designed to hang visibly and store in the display's integrated bins. The workshop can hold up to two sets of Basic Builder Kits.
Please Note: Some assembly is required.
Please note: The Basic Builder Kit materials do not include separate mobile storage units (such as the rolling cart, milk crates, or duffle bags) that come with the standalone kit, as the Workshop itself serves as the primary storage setup.
