Geared-Up Gadgets

Product Description

Build five fun gadgets and learn about gears and transmissions. Create a helicopter model with a rotor that spins using a rubber band-powered motor. Assemble a spinner toy that you wind up to launch a fast-spinning top. Make a centripetal force machine that flings its arms outward at high speeds. Build a hand-mixer that demonstrates a gear train. Construct a cool aircraft launcher that flings a model vehicle across the room on a zipline. A 24-page manual guides your model building and experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions.

Product Information

Ages: 6+
Experiments: 5
Piece Count: 114
Manual Pages: 24
Product Dimensions: 8.75 x 11 x 2.5 in.
Product Weight: 0.75 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 in.
Batteries Required: N/A
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Year Released: 2018

NGSS Correlations

K-PS2-1 Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls
K-PS2-2 Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls
K-2 ETS1-2 K-2 Engineering Design
2-PS1-3 Structure and Properties of Matter
3-PS2-1 Forces and Interactions

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