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Thames & Kosmos Robotics Smart Machines

Thames & Kosmos Gyrobot: The Science of Gyroscopes

• Robotics Smart Machines involves physics, engineering, and computer science • This 230 pc kit gives your students a simple, fun, and customizable introduction to robotics that allows them build eight motorized machines controlled by programs and an ultrasound sensor • Students code the programs using an easy, visual programming app on a tablet or smartphone, which connects to the robot models via a wireless Bluetooth connection. • Build a dual-rotor drone model that rotates its rotor blades 90°; students can also assemble other fun robots including a robo-dog and robo-dino. • Build and program your own robots using the kit’s 230 building pieces • Includes a full-color, 64-page step-by-step illustrated manual of all the models and teaches about robotics in the real world • The visual programming language allows you to command the robots’ motors to move at different times, different power levels, in different directions, and in response to the data from the sensor • Robot operation requires a tablet or smartphone (not included) running iOS (iPhone 4S or later, iPad 3 or later, iPod 5 or later) or Android (Android 4.3 or later on a device with Bluetooth 4.0 support) • Requires three AA batteries ( not included ) • Recommended for grades 5 to 9 Stock No 72-0846 Mfr No 620375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $WEB

•  Students will learn about the physical science principles of gyroscopic devices that are used in everyday devices such as smartphones, tablets, video game controllers to airplanes and space telescopes •  The kit contains components and instructions for seven different models students can build separately •  Models include: robot, balancing personal vehicle, gyro horizon (artificial horizon) gyrocompass, a balancing game, a tightrope walker and a flight simulator • Requires three AAA batteries ( not included ) •  Includes: 102 pieces to build seven different models separately and 24 page instruction manual •  Recommended for grades 6-8 Stock No 72-0543 Mfr No 620301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $WEB

Technology Education

Thames & Kosmos Kids First Physics Lab

TEACH TECH™ SALT CRUSHER-SALT WATER POWERED MONSTER TRUCK

NO BATTERIES NEEDED

•  Four-wheel drive science kit powered by alternative energy •  Transparent case allows you to see the movement of the piston •  Salt water powered (no batteries needed) •  Recommended for grades 5 and up •  Includes 3 magnesium strips to get started, and 1 strip will run about three hours Stock No 72-0643 Mfr No TTG-752 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $WEB MAGNESIUM REFILL STRIPS Stock No 72-0644 Mfr No TT-SP752 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pkg/5 $WEB

• Experiments include: building a balancing tightrope walker, a moving elevator and a high-g astronaut training centrifuge to learn about forces, gravity, and weight, learn how to measure forces by building a force meter • Examine physics at the construction site to learn about work and simple machines by building a pulley system, crane, and inclined plane to lighten the load and make work easier • Experiment with storing energy and converting energy by constructing models of a rocket car and a skee-ball mini golf ramp • Assemble three machines from the Middle Ages: a wheelbarrow, a balance scale, and a trebuchet to learn how levers have helped people do work for centuries, further explore the concept of trajectory • Continue your lessons by building a windmill, a drop-test device, and various parachutes to investigate the forces of air and air resistance • Expand your perspective out into the solar system to discover the force and motion of the planets and the sun by building a sundial and a rotating Earth- and-Moon model • Take a crash course in applied physics with a series of automotive models and experiments: construct a crash-test simulator and an airbag testing station to learn about momentum • Assemble a working gear train to learn how gears transmit and alter forces, make an all-wheel drive vehicle with a flexible jointed design for optimal performance on rough terrain • Batteries not required • Includes: 80 page construction manual with 22 experiments • Recommended for grades 5 to 7 Stock No 72-0845 Mfr No 628318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $WEB

TEACH TECH™ BEACH RUNNER SALT WATER POWERED RACER

NO BATTERIES NEEDED •  Intended to facilitate transport via alternative energy fuel technology •  Uses salt water and magnesium fuel cell to power the on-board motor •  Salt water powered (no batteries needed)

•  Includes three magnesium strips to get started and 1 strip will run about three hours •  Recommended for grades 5 and up Stock No 72-0638 Mfr No TTG-754 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $WEB MAGNESIUM REFILL STRIPS Stock No 72-0639 Mfr No TT-SP750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pkg/5 $WEB