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K’nex Education – Stem Explorations: Roller Coaster Building Set

$23.54

K’nex Education – Stem Explorations: Roller Coaster Building Set

$23.54

Your child can explore STEM concepts while building a working roller coaster with K’NEX Education STEM Explorations Roller Coaster Building Set! The set will engage and energize middle-school children as they boost their understanding of the STEAM science technology engineering art and math concepts associated with a real-life amusement park ride. This K’NEX Education Set includes over 500 parts plus a battery-powered motor allowing a single child or a team of two to three children to build a working roller coaster. Two additional models are also included in this set – a ramp and a half-pipe -which can be built one at a time. The set requires two AA batteries which are not included. K’NEX Education models offer proactive opportunities for children to develop scientific inquiry investigation and experimentation skills. Our inquiry-based lessons challenge aspiring students as they build investigate problem-solve discuss and evaluate scientific and design principles in action. All K’NEX Education sets come with either a comprehensive guide for teachers or an experiment guide for student-led learning. All lesson plans and experiment guides are written by expert educators and feature hands-on inquiry-based projects that engage students in today’s busy classroom. K’NEX Education sets allow students to build replicas of real-world machines and other models and through the lesson plans and experiments to gain a concrete understanding of the principles that make them work. Broaden your kids’ STEAMagination with K’NEX Education STEM Explorations.

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  • The set includes over 500 parts plus a battery-powered motor for a single child or team of 2-3 children to build a working Roller Coaster.
  • Once built a downloadable booklet guides students through 3 hands-on inquiry-based experiments on each of the models.
  • Students will learn about the relationship between time distance and speed plus much more!
  • The Experiment Guide is aligned to national STEM standards and is appropriate for grade levels 5-9.
  • Requires 2 “AA” batteries not included.