This learning experience incorporates the scientific method, chemistry and physical science. Students must determine the best “recipe” for launching Alka Seltzer® rockets the greatest distance. Exploring the possibilities gives the students opportunities to practice observing, communicating, measuring, inferring, predicting, controlling variables and collecting and analyzing data. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Effervescing tablets
• Film canister
• Graduated cylinder
• Thermometer
• 1” PVC elbow
• Measuring tape

**Water and warm water source not included

Single Pack - $19.50
25 Student Classroom Pack - $219.95 Includes: 25 Graduated Cylinders, 25 Thermometers, 25 Film Canisters, 25 PVC Elbows, 72 Effervescing Tablets and Instructions

This learning experience gets to the truth about chewing gum and its “stretchability” with scientific analysis, experimental design, variables and graphing. Students work in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Chewing gum
• Timer
• Scissors
• Graph paper
• Disposable gloves
• Measuring tape

**Balance and calculator not included

Single Pack - $18.95
25 Student Classroom Pack - $169.95 Includes: 25 Measuring Tapes, 25 scissors, 75 Pieces of Gum, 25 Gloves, Graph Paper, Timer and Instructions

This experience enables students to engage in an open inquiry where process skills and higher order thinking are needed to complete the challenge. Students work cooperatively to design a small, table-top hovercraft that behaves in the same manner as its real-world counterpart. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Balloons
• Tape
• Yarn
• Paper Clips
• Foil
• Pipe cleaners
• CD
• Pop-up top
• Clay
• Straws

Single Pack - $19.95
25 Student Classroom Pack - $179.95 Includes: 25 CDs, 25 Pop Tops, 50 Balloons, Masking Tape, Foil, Yarn, Saran Wrap, Pipe Cleaners, Clay, Straws, Paperclips, and Instructions

The Indy Car is a mechanical engineering activity that emphasizes working cooperatively while developing problem solving and critical thinking skills. A limited number of materials are made available therefore providing a certain level of difficulty that the student must overcome to complete the challenge of constructing their own indy car. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Eraser
• Index Cards
• Paper Clips
• Tape measure
• Cardboard
• Tape
• Straws

Single Pack - $12.95
25 Student Classroom Pack - $149.95 Includes: 150 index cards, 50 Straws, Tape Measure, Ramp, Paper Clips, 25 Eraser People, and Instructions

This mechanical engineering activity has students move through three phases of inquiry as they learn about tops. Students gain critical insight into how tops work in order to design and test their own version of a top! Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Measuring Tape
• Nails
• Masking Tape
• Compass
• Paper Clips
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Washers
• String
• Toothpicks
• Emery board
• Skewers
• Pennies
• Newsprint
• Clay
• Rubber Bands
• Foam Core
• Markers
• Dowels
• Paper Plate
• Student Sheet

Numbers make descriptions more exact. When you measure the mass of an object, or its volume or length, you obtain a number in units. But just how accurate is this number? This project is designed to allow students to explore the terms accuracy and precision. Students work in teams of four.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Clay
• Tape measure
• Learning log
• Markers

This experience challenges students to construct a bridge using uncooked pasta. Students will apply knowledge of weight, torque, force and compression. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Pasta
• Masking tape
• Washers/Weights
• Measuring tape
• Large paper clips
• Film canisters

The Ten Second Tower is a civil engineering activity that challenges students to construct the tallest free standing tower possible using only one piece of construction paper. The problem solving process will open up a students creative energy and enhance their engagement in the classroom. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Student Sheets
• Construction Paper
• Scissors
• Tape
• Measuring Tape

The Two Feet Feat is a civil engineering activity that challenges students to construct a strong two foot tower from straws and pins in a limited amount of time. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Student Sheets
• Scissors
• Measuring Tape
• Straws
• Large Paper Clips
• Washers/Weights
• Small Paper Clips

This experience challenges students to construct a paper tube platform that will hold a book six inches off a surface. The action of solving problems will open up the creative process for students and enhance the engagement of students in the classroom. Students work individually or in teams of two.

This pack includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Student Sheets
• Paper
• 2 Pair of scissors
• 2 Pencils
• Measuring tape

**Books not included

• PicoCricket Kit
• PicoCricket
• Motor
• Motor Board
• Sound Box
• Beamer
• Colored lights
• Display
• Resistance Sensor
• Sound Sensor
• Light Sensor
• Touch Sensor
• Easy to use software for programming the cricket (works on both PC and Mac)
• USB to Serial Cable for Connecting the Beamer to the Computer
• A Collection of LEGO Bricks and Craft Materials
• Eight Project Placemats with Simple Cricket Activities

• Kinetic Sculptures - A great way to get started! Mix motors and crafts to make artistic creations.
• Movers and Shakers - Build mechanical puppets that bob up and down.
• Magic Lanterns - Program lights to flash, change color, and react to your voice.
• Motion Modules - What types of motions can you create with your LEGO parts?
• Musical Sculptures
• Interactive Jewelry
• Dancing Creatures
• Playful Inventions
• An Interactive Dream House
• and much more! You are only limited by your own imagination!