Simple & Powered Machines Set
The core brick set in our range of Machines & Mechanisms solutions, this set includes full-colour building instruction booklets for 10 principle models and 18 main models. Combine with curricular-relevant activity packs and add-on sets to carry out a broad range of activities within design technology, science and mathematics.
Key Learning Values:
- Building and exploring real life Machines and Mechanisms
- Investigating powered machines with the motor
- Using plastic sheets for calibration and capturing wind
- Exploring gearing mechanisms with the assorted gear wheels
- Investigating the principles of simple machines, mechanisms and structures
- Experimenting with balanced and unbalanced forces
- Experimenting with friction
- Capturing, storing and transferring wind energy
- Calibrating scales
- Investigating powered forces and motion, speed and pulling power
- Mechanical advantage
- Balanced and unbalanced forces
- Equilibrium
- Block and tackle
- Effect of force on an object
- Experimenting with friction