STEM Explorers Brainometry
| Lower Age: | 5 |
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| Upper Age: | 10 |
| Website: | https://www.learningresources.com/catalog/product/view/id/6098/s/item-stem-explorers-brainometry/ |
| Price: | $15.99 |
| Year Added: | 2022 |
The included pieces appear simple, but many projects are packed into these small blocks. The toy encourages users to generate creative solutions to problems while analyzing why they work or fail. Users must utilize iterative design processes to perfect structures using different colors and patterns. Users are encouraged to build both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, practicing spatial reasoning skills and finding relationships between colors and patterns. Introducing constraints and criteria throughout the instructions, these blocks walk users through every step of the Engineering Process of Design in an enjoyable way. Perfect for little kids, this kit can grow with a child as they attempt increasingly complicated structures and patterns. - A.R. Miller, Purdue Reviewer
Framework Categories
Processes of Design (POD)
Engineering Thinking (EThink)
Issues, Solutions, and Impacts (ISI)
Computational Thinking
Spatial Reasoning
Apply SEM Knowledge (SEM)
Engineering Tools and Processes (ETool)
Concepts of Engineers and Engineering (CEE)
Moore, T.J., Glancy, A.W., Tank, K.M., Kersten, J.A., Smith, K.A., & Stohlmann, M.S. (2014). A framework for quality K-12 engineering education: Research and development. Journal of Precollege Engineering Education Research, 4(1), 1-13.