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K'NEX Simple Machines-Bridges
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Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Comprehensive Teacher Guide
This kit includes student instructions and detailed teachers guide with key concepts, terms, definitions, and lesson plans.
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Collaborative Learning
This kit supports collaboration for up to three children, enhancing teamwork and communication skills.
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Extensive Piece Count
207 pieces which are supplied in a handy storage tub, allowing for multiple construction projects and easy management of resources.
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Diverse Bridge Models
Children can build thirteen types of functional bridges, such as suspension and truss, improving their knowledge of structural engineering.
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Key Stage 1 & 2 Support
Aligns with Key Stage 1 and 2 Design and Technology curriculum, focusing on technical knowledge, mechanisms, and mechanical systems.
K'NEX Simple Machines-Bridges
Explore bridge engineering with a set that showcases various bridge designs and functionalities.
Overview
This educational kit uses real-world examples to illustrate the distinctive features and functionalities of various bridge types.
Delve into the world of bridge construction with this engaging educational kit. It serves as a practical introduction to various bridge types, each demonstrating unique load-bearing features. Through building models like suspension bridges and truss bridges, children engage directly with engineering challenges, gaining insights into the principles of structural integrity and load distribution.
The kit supports the UK Design and Technology curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2, focusing on technical knowledge and mechanisms. Children explore how these mechanisms operate within different structures. These activities encourage critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills.
The comprehensive guide helps educators deliver structured lessons with detailed plans, key concepts, and terms, enhancing children's understanding of mechanical systems and their applications in technology.
Supports the National Curriculum
Design & Technology, Key Stage 1, Technical Knowledge
Build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable.
Design & Technology, Key Stage 1, Technical Knowledge
Explore and use mechanisms (for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles) in their products.
Design & Technology, Key Stage 2, Technical Knowledge
Understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages).
Product Information
Overview
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Not suitable for children under 36 months. Small parts.
Safety Warning