Summer Camp Favorites

Campers love these Sparks because they come alive! Counselors love them because they're easy to lead!  Here's a selection of Sparks that are perfect for STEM workshops or rainy days. 

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Drawbot Drawbot What’s a Drawbot?  Drawbots are unique, rebuildable, whimsical machines that move, scribble, and draw. Learners build, test, deconstruct, and ... $8.95 3rd-5th Grade 30-45 min Circuits Mechanical Vibration +1 more Peek inside Flying Machine Class Pack Flying Machine Class Pack What’s a Flying Machine? Learners build three versions of reusable, high-flying copters that zoom high and far! This project kit is for learne... $105.00 K-5th Grade 20-45 min Energy Forces +2 more Peek inside Straw Structure Class Pack Straw Structure Class Pack What are Straw Structures?Learners explore the geometry of line segments, lines, shapes, and forms to engineer and rebuild structures that rea... $122.00 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-90 min Geometry Peek inside Straw Structure Small Group Pack Straw Structure Small Group Pack What are Straw Structures? Learners explore the geometry of line segments, lines, shapes, and forms to engineer and rebuild structures that re... $69.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-90 min Geometry Peek inside Crankie Contraption Class Pack Crankie Contraption Class Pack What are Crankie Contraptions?Tell a scrolling illustrated story using a cardboard screen machine! Learners will integrate engineering, art, a... $122.00 1st-5th Grade 45-90 min Storytelling Peek inside Wind-Up Vehicle Class Pack Wind-Up Vehicle Class Pack What’s a Wind-up Vehicle? Learners design and build a series of unique vehicles that zoom using a speedy spring-driven motor! This project kit... $105.00 2nd-5th Grade 30-45 min Energy Wheels & Axles +1 more Peek inside Wind-Up Vehicle Small Group Pack Wind-Up Vehicle Small Group Pack What’s a Wind-up Vehicle? Learners design and build a series of unique vehicles that zoom using a speedy spring-driven motor! This project kit... $59.50 2nd-5th Grade 30-45 min Energy Wheels & Axles +1 more Peek inside Linkages Class Pack Linkages Class Pack What are Linkages? Learners invent moving cardboard contraptions using systems of sturdy levers and fulcra. They create arms that extend, claw... $122.00 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Levers Pivots +1 more Peek inside Linkages Small Group Pack Linkages Small Group Pack What are Linkages?Learners invent moving cardboard contraptions using systems of sturdy levers and fulcra. They create arms that extend, claws... $69.50 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Levers Pivots +1 more Peek inside Linkages Linkages What are Linkages? Learners invent moving cardboard contraptions using systems of sturdy levers and fulcra. They create arms that extend, claw... $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Levers Pivots +1 more Peek inside Flying Machine Small Group Pack Flying Machine Small Group Pack What’s a Flying Machine? Learners build three versions of reusable, high-flying copters that zoom high and far! This project kit is for learne... $59.50 K-5th Grade 20-45 min Energy Forces +2 more Peek inside Monster Mouth Class Pack Monster Mouth Class Pack What’s a Monster Mouth? Monster Mouths are playful, air-powered creatures that come alive through pneumatics - pistons, cylinders, and air pr... $105.00 Pre-K-3rd Grade 20-45 min Pneumatics Storytelling Peek inside Monster Mouth Small Group Pack Monster Mouth Small Group Pack What’s a Monster Mouth? Monster Mouths are playful, air-powered creatures that come alive through pneumatics - pistons, cylinders, and air pre... $59.50 Pre-K-3rd Grade 20-45 min Pneumatics Storytelling Peek inside Monster Claw Class Pack Monster Claw Class Pack What are Monster Claws? They’re  hands-on, playful engineering project powered by pneumatics — a system that uses air to make a claw open, clo... $122.00 4th-5th Grade 20-45 min Pneumatics Levers +2 more Peek inside Drawbot Class Pack Drawbot Class Pack What are Drawbots? Drawbots are unique, rebuildable, whimsical machines that move, scribble and draw. Learners build, test, deconstruct, and r... $122.00 3rd-5th Grade 30-45 min Circuits Mechanical Vibration +1 more Peek inside Drawbot Small Group Pack Drawbot Small Group Pack What are Drawbots? Drawbots are unique, rebuildable, whimsical machines that move, scribble and draw. Learners build, test, deconstruct, and r... $69.50 3rd-5th Grade 30-45 min Circuits Mechanical Vibration +1 more Peek inside Art Machine Small Group Pack Art Machine Small Group Pack This playful engineering set has ten individually packed, ready-to-build 1:1 kits for learners to make - and keep! It's perfect for small grou... $59.95 Pre-K-3rd Grade 20-45 min Compound Machines Levers +2 more Peek inside Straw Structure Straw Structure What’s a Straw Structure? Learners explore the geometry of line segments, lines, shapes, and forms to engineer and rebuild structures that rea... $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-90 min Geometry Peek inside Mazes Mazes Build ramps and pathways to make a ball roll down to its goal. Then connect your maze to a partner’s and extend the play!  Explore gravity and... $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Gravity Iteration Peek inside

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From classrooms to out-of-school partners, Sparks are designed for real learning spaces.

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Everything you need to teach a Spark is free to educators. Kits are sold separately.

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