What’s a Strawbot? Explore balanced and unbalanced forces in a motorized wiggling machine! Built, test, and iterate on your solution until it moves how you'd like - or connect yours with other Strawbots to create a collaborative mega bot! Promote curiosity, perseverance, and collaboration in this playful engineering design challenge.
This project kit is suitable for learners of all ages, ranging from grade 2 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 learners the opportunity to build structures and circuits in a single project. They will creatively explore and develop unique solutions to make a structure wiggle and move using a motor that creates mechanical vibration.
What's in the pack?
This is an individually packed kit in a resealable bag, containing:
A set of paper tubes
Special plastic connectors
Motor pack with AA battery and battery band
A foam component sheet
A learner build guide
No other materials are needed. Your educator guide includes a printable that learners can color and cut to accessorize and customize 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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