Use air pressure to push, pull, open, close, and grab.
Learners build
An air-powered claw that opens, closes, reaches, and grabs with pistons and cylinders.
Learners start by building a pneumatic system that transfers air pressure into claw motion, then test how shape and connection choices affect the grip.
From there, they can redesign it for reach, strength, precision, creature features, pickup challenges, or a useful grabbing tool.
Educator Resources
Student-facing slides introduce the concepts, guide the activity, and help learners reflect on what changed. Educator materials support setup, pacing, discussion, and extensions so this can work in classrooms, libraries, homeschool groups, clubs, or makerspaces.
What's included
Choose a pack size to see how the component quantities change for one learner, a small group, or a full class.