STEM Engineering

This kit is full of open-ended STEM activities, designed to get your audiences building solutions to real problems. It’s fun, creative, diverse and low-tech.

In this kit, you’ll get blocks, rollercoaster materials, MakeDo for cardboard construction, a pneumatics kit, and most importantly, an activity guide that’ll help you make programs that are rich and appropriate for your audiences. Many of the activities are launched with a book or storytelling, to give it your signature library feel.

Activities include:

• Building rollercoasters, which is fun for all ages
• Group and solo Kapla block challenges
• Building a Mars hub with cardboard and MakeDo – no tape or glue required!
• A pneumatics challenge based on “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”, and other story-based challenges

Note that cardboard is not included for the MakeDo activities.

This kit weighs over 20kg. It is on wheels, however it will require two people for lifting.

Cost

This kit is provided free to libraries through to July 2024.

Delivery

Kits will be delivered by post. We pay for posting the kit to you, you pay for return postage. Other arrangements may be possible upon booking.

Please read our booking and cancellation policy before proceeding.