Highlights:
The Chutes Add-On Kit transforms your Rigamajig Basic Builder Kit into a dynamic system of chutes and ramps, allowing children to experiment with cause and effect, gravity, and systems thinking. Rube Goldberg in action!
Children can create contraptions using assorted balls included in the kit, as well as marbles, wheels, water, or anything else they can find around. The exciting process of planning, collaborating, and building a ball or marble run just might become your favorite Rigamajig project!
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
Gravity & Acceleration: Exploring how slope, incline, and friction affect velocity and movement as objects roll down chutes and ramps.
Systems Thinking & Interconnectivity: Designing multi-step, Rube Goldberg-style pathways where individual components work together to direct motion.
Cause & Effect: Testing how adjustments to angles, structural supports, or drop points change an object’s trajectory and outcome.
Properties of Matter & Motion: Experimenting with how different materials (assorted balls, marbles, wheels, or water) interact with gravity and chute angles.
Engineering Design & Optimization: Applying iterative building, planning, collaboration, and troubleshooting to successfully create marble and ball runs.
What’s Included:
Contains 93 parts, including extruded plastic chutes, cradles, balls, and more.
Special Notes and Considerations:
PLEASE NOTE: This is an add-on to the Rigamajig Basic Builder Kit. This item is NOT compatible with Rigamajig Junior.
