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Each Spark is a hands-on engineering activity with a ready-to-project slide deck, a one-page quick start, and a coaching guide. Peek inside any Spark without an account. Free signup unlocks the full guides.

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Blendies Blendies Explore symmetry, balance, and optical color mixing with rebuildable spinning tops. From $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Optical Illusions Color Peek inside Wind-Up Vehicles Wind-Up Vehicles Design and build vehicles that zoom using a spring-driven motor and stored energy. From $8.95 2nd-5th Grade 30-45 min Energy Wheels & Axles +1 more Peek inside Monster Claws Monster Claws Build an air-powered claw that opens, closes, picks up, and lets go. From $8.95 4th-5th Grade 20-45 min Pneumatics Levers +2 more Peek inside Flying Machines Flying Machines Build reusable high-flying copters and explore energy transfer, aerodynamics, and flight. From $8.95 K-5th Grade 20-45 min Energy Forces +2 more Peek inside Drawbots Drawbots Build whimsical machines that move, scribble, and draw through vibration and iteration. From $8.95 3rd-5th Grade 30-45 min Circuits Mechanical Vibration +1 more Peek inside Crankie Contraptions Crankie Contraptions Tell a scrolling illustrated story using a cardboard screen machine. From $8.95 1st-5th Grade 45-90 min Storytelling Peek inside Monster Mouths Monster Mouths Create playful air-powered creatures that move with pistons, cylinders, and air pressure. From $8.95 Pre-K-3rd Grade 20-45 min Pneumatics Storytelling Peek inside Art Machines Art Machines Build kinetic creatures from levers and fulcra that come to life when their parts move together. From $8.95 Pre-K-3rd Grade 20-45 min Compound Machines Levers +2 more Peek inside Screen Machines Screen Machines Plan and bring illustrated stories to life by building a cardboard scrolling machine. From $8.95 K-5th Grade 45-90 min Storytelling Peek inside Eyelusions Eyelusions Build a motorized thaumatrope, design image pairs, and discover how motion can fool the eye. From $8.95 K-5th Grade 30-45 min Optical Illusions Color +1 more Peek inside Scene Machines Scene Machines Create hand-powered automata that use rotational motion to animate a scene. From $8.95 3rd-5th Grade 45-90 min Cams & Followers Storytelling +1 more Peek inside Mazes Mazes Build ramps and pathways that guide a ball to its goal, then connect mazes together. From $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Gravity Iteration Peek inside Hypnotizers Hypnotizers Draw colorful spirals with a spring-driven machine that creates different designs every time. From $8.95 2nd-5th Grade 30-45 min Energy Optical Illusions +1 more Peek inside Strawbots Strawbots Explore balanced and unbalanced forces in a motorized wiggling machine. From $8.95 2nd-5th Grade 30-45 min Circuits Mechanical Vibration +1 more Peek inside Straw Structures Straw Structures Engineer rebuildable structures with paper tubes, flexible connectors, geometry, and open-ended design. From $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-90 min Geometry Peek inside Linkages Linkages Invent moving cardboard contraptions using systems of levers, fulcra, and linkages. From $8.95 Pre-K-5th Grade 30-45 min Levers Pivots +1 more Peek inside Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles Design, build, and test battery-powered vehicles using motors and simple circuits. From $8.95 3rd-5th Grade 30-90 min Circuits Wheels & Axles +1 more Peek inside

Used in schools, libraries, and programs

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

Guides and slide decks are free

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

We coach you if you get stuck

A real person at FutureMakers can help you plan your first Spark.