Thames&Kosmos Simple Machine STEM Experiment

Thames&Kosmos Simple Machine STEM Experiment

Quantity: 132

Comes with 26 model building exercises

Includes a 32 page full-color manual

Do you need batteries? No

Age: Over 8 years old

The Thames&Kosmos Simple Machine STEM experiment includes 26 model building exercises where you will study all six classic simple machines - wheels and shafts, levers, pulleys, ramps, screws and wedges - as well as gears.

Starting from a simple model, ensure a firm understanding of its fundamental principles, and then move on to larger and more complex models to drive machines to work harder and see how they work together. It also includes a specially designed spring scale, so you can measure how the machine changes the direction and magnitude of force, making the work easier to complete.

With this durable modular construction system, you can see how the same basic components can be combined in different ways to form each machine. These models can be repeatedly assembled and disassembled, combining parts together to create your own configuration, limited only by your imagination. In addition to the valuable hands-on experience you will gain from model construction, this 32 page full-color manual also delves into examples of simple machines in daily life. The seesaw on the playground, the handcart in the backyard, the flagpole in front of the school gate - all of these are examples of simple machines in the real world. Therefore, we began to construct, investigate, and experiment to discover that physics is everywhere around us.