What are Linkages? Learners invent moving cardboard contraptions using systems of sturdy levers and fulcra. They create arms that extend, claws that grab, creatures that dance, fish that swim - or any imaginative mechanisms that move! This project kit is suitable for learners of all ages, ranging from TK/PK to middle school.
It's a perfect 30 to 45-minute screen-free activity with reusable components and playful engineering extensions for older learners available in our coaching guides.
This rebuildable, reusable, open-ended kit of parts offers a selection of pre-designed project paths, but is even better when learners creatively explore and problem solve systems of levers and fulcra to create moving linkages and compound machines.
What's in the pack?
This is an individually packed kit in a resealable bag, containing:
Two linkage bar boards
Two linkage shapes boards
Special plastic connector sets
A blank custom component sheet
A learner build guide
You’ll need to provide scissors for customizing their creation.
What do adults need to support?
This Spark has a coaching playbook available via our website, featuring educator-only videos, quick-start guides, slide decks and extensions so adults can quickly prepare and confidently play alongside their learners.
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