Product Review
Unleash children’s inner potential by letting their minds tinker and build with K’NEX Education Robotics Building System Set.
The K’NEX engineering set is made of quality materials that are utilized to build fully-functional models. Each set includes over 800 K’NEX parts, a control box, 4 motors, 1 push-button sensor, 1 distance sensor, 1 tri-color LED, 1 color/light sensor, and a downloadable teacher’s guide with 5 progressive lesson plans. Plus, it comes with free downloadable programming software. This innovative building system’s parts can be used to build 9 different models, so preteens can enjoy making a wide variety of robotic creations. Models that can be constructed include a line tracker, an airplane, a dog, a search and rescue robot, a car bot, and a ball factory.
As children piece together the parts and discover how the building system works, they strengthen their hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and spatial awareness, and they exercise their imaginations! This building system also promotes teamwork, as it’s suitable for 2 to 3 builders at a time. Designed for children ages 10 to 15, this is one of the many toys for boys and girls that promotes STEAM building (science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills).
K’NEX Education teacher guides and experiment guides are aligned to national educational standards, including ITEEA, NSES, NCTM, NGSS, and Common Core. Study after study reveals that students have more success learning STEM subjects through activities related to the real world rather than abstract concepts in textbooks. K’NEX Education sets allow students to build replicas of real-world machines and contraptions. Through the lesson plans and experiments provided, students can gain a concrete understanding of robotic technology, linear and branched logic, engineering design and data presentation and analysis.
Children learn best through action, so let them build with their minds and their hands with K’NEX Education Robotics Building System Set.
