The Thames & Kosmos Simple Machines STEM Experiment Kit will help your young learners explore and investigate all six classic simple machines-wheels and axles, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges-as well as gears. Then, move on to larger and more complex models to push the machines harder and see how they can work together.

Also included is a specially designed spring scale so that you can measure how the machines change the direction and magnitude of forces, making work easier to do. With this durable, modular construction system, you can see how the same basic elements combine in different ways to form each machine.

The models can be assembled and disassembled again and again. All you have to do is combine the pieces to create your own configurations that are only limited by your imagination! In addition to the invaluable hands-on experience you'll get from model building, the 32-page, full-color manual also dives into examples of simple machines in action in everyday life.

The seesaw at the playground, the wheelbarrow in your backyard, The flagpole in front of your school-all of these are examples of simple machines in the real world! So start building, investigating, and experimenting to discover how physics is all around us!