Highlights:
With the Simple Machines Workshop, kids can easily see all the Simple Machines Add-On Kit parts and pieces in one place, inspiring them to imagine the contraptions they can build! Workshops are interactive display units that establish a dedicated exhibit and play space, while a pegboard panel and bins enable gears, pulleys, cranks, axles, wing bolts, nuts, and rope to stay visible and accessible.
Ideal for schools, children’s and science museums, libraries, community organizations, maker spaces, camps, recreation centers, STEM/STEAM programs, or anywhere kids gather to play and learn!
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
Simple Machines & Mechanical Advantage: How inclined planes, pulleys, gears, wheels, and axles work together to make work easier.
Direction and Transfer of Force: How rotational energy, linear motion, and tension are transferred through mechanical links, pulleys, and belts.
Systems & Mechanization: Converting static wooden structures built with the base kit into dynamic, moving systems.
Engineering Design Process: Iterative building, troubleshooting mechanical friction, testing gear ratios, and optimizing simple contraptions.
Physics & Motion: Fundamental principles including cause and effect, gravity, torque, velocity, and leverage.
Additional Notes and Considerations:
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PLEASE NOTE: This product is an add-on and requires the components from the Rigamajig Basic Builder Kit.
