Lower Age: 6
Upper Age: 106
Price: $33.99
Year Added: 2022
This high-quality building kit from Elenco walks users ages 6 and up through a design.
The kit is a paper plane launcher powered by hydraulic pressure. The illustrated instruction booklet exposes children to basic design, structural concepts, and ideas for experimentation. While the kit takes several hours to assemble, it is ready for young scientists to tinker with once complete! The booklet encourages children to be curious about the launcher mechanics and the aerodynamics of the paper planes. Children can follow the proposed experiments to test these concepts but are encouraged to design and test independently. - K. R. Schieltz, Purdue Reviewer
Framework Categories
Processes of Design (POD)
Spatial Reasoning
Engineering Thinking (EThink)
Apply SEM Knowledge (SEM)
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.