6-9 years

This amazing set Includes 12 rocks, storage box, and 12 6"W x 9"H double-sided cards. Identify various rocks and minerals and correlate them to their real-life uses with this hands-on rock and card set. Each double-sided card features a photo of a rock in the set, pictures of the way it is used in everyday life, and fun, kid-friendly facts.

Keep it simple with real STEM learning! Discover amazing engineering wonders through scientific exploration with colorful, engaging tools and hands-on activities and experiments. Introduce and explore all 6 simple machines as you make amazing discoveries, design solutions for real-world problems, and conduct your own investigations.

Includes:

Lever board, wedge, pulley with rope and hook, cart with 4 wheels, Archimedes screw, 4 barrel weights, and 10 double-sided activity cards to build early engineering and problem-solving skills. Comprehensive activity guide with reproducible materials is also included.

Largest piece (cart) measures 5" L x 3 1/2" W

Age 5+

Grade K+

The balance board not only has a flexible fun factor, but
also stimulates your child's coordination, concentration and
motor skills. Thanks to its half-pipe shape, it can be used
for balancing, but can also be used for many other ideas in
the children's room: as a car ramp, slide, rocking board or
even as a base for books or computers. The imagination knows
no bounds. The sturdy board can bear a load of up to 150 kg!

•    Resilience: 150 kg
•    Age recommendation: 2+
•    Material: Wood
•    Measurement: 82 x 30 x 1.5 cm

This robotic arm is an easy to make 3 dimensional model that grabs, lifts items horizontally, and can turn very close to 90 degrees! Designed to be used alone (with a nice syringe holder), or in a group - each person using one syringe.

A great way to learn about Robotics, Levers and Simple Machines, Fluid dynamics, Engineering, and Invention, and Design and Technology - or just moving things around the house (small things, mind you - no dogs or cats, please.)

Easy to make in about an hour or two, it stretches 49 cm (16 inches) out, swings 18 cm (7 inches) around, and stands 37 cm (13 inches) high.

Best of all: no batteries required!

Great for STEM programs and perfect for home learning too!

Excavators are big machines that are used to dig holes and move earth, and this model uses the same principles as those used in real situations, except you use water instead of hydraulic fluid.

There are many types of excavators and this kit uses a first and third class lever to make the arm and shovel move. 

We think it provides and excellent example of how we use technology to dig things up. 

Great for kids to learn about hydraulics, levers and simple machines, and to finish small excavating projects. Simple to build in less than an hour, you need only a pair of scissors to make this fun and functional model. Best of all: no batteries required! GREAT FOR STEM PROGRAMS!

·  Easy instructions, suitable for beginner model makers.

Platform lifters are cool simple machines that are used to lift platforms horizontally.

This model uses the same principles as those in real situations, except you use water instead of hydraulic fluid much cleaner!

This kit is similar to the Cherry Picker except the platform swings freely.

Fully extended it stands over 22 cm high. This makes for some interesting fun as you can balance an object as you  raise up the platform.

Easy to assemble in less than an hour, this kit uses one hydraulic piston attached to the main arm. Great for teachers and kids to get going on the study of levers and simple machines, and a great beginning to make their own machines!

Best of all: no batteries required!

$17 one set/$120 for 10 sets

Widely used by power and telephone companies (and anyone who wants to get a cat out of a tree) this is an excellent model showing levers and hydraulics.

Using a parallel linkage, the platform stays level all the way up and down. And it swivels side to side! Great fun for moving Lego people around, (sorry, not included).

The nice thing about the parallel linkage is that as the platform moves up and down, the people don't fall off (we think that is a nice touch!)

Easy to assemble in less than an hour, this kit uses one hydraulic piston attached to the main arm.

Best of all: no batteries required!

$17 one set /$120 for 10 sets

Great for STEM programs!

Hydraulic  Mini Scissor Lifts are cool machines that are used on building sites to lift a platform horizontally. They are commonly used to reach high places like ceilings with a steady place to work from.

This model uses the same principles as those in real situations, except you use water instead of hydraulic fluid - nice!

Once made the Scissor Lift provides an excellent example of how we use technology to reach the top Great for kids to learn about hydraulics, levers and simple machines. Simple to build in less than an hour, you need only a pair of scissors to make this fun and functional model.

Best of all: no batteries required!

Great for STEM programs and perfect for home learning too!

This kit contains 4 hydraulics kits in one mini-Mega box of fun.

These kits provide hours of interesting building and thoughtful use – building blocks, moving Lego people around the house, and for those who want to give their mouse the ride of his life!

Kits included are: Mini Scissor Lift, Hydraulic Robotic Arm, Mini Cherry Picker, and Mini Excavator.

Most models stand between 18 and 24 cm high when fully extended and can hold things like a glass of milk, toys, false teeth and other fun items!

Great for STEM programs and perfect for home learning too!