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