Mech-a-Blocks
Mech-a-Blocks are sets of brightly colored pegboard shapes and paper fasteners, which children use to construct and experiment with mechanical devices.
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MechAnimations
This unit focuses on the analysis and design of two-dimensional mechanical linkages, constructed from pegboard strips and boards, joined by pivots.
ArithMachines
This unit uses mechanisms to motivate and illustrate concepts of direct and inverse proportion, Mechanical Advantage, the Law of the Lever, and Conservation of Energy.
Pop-Ups
Pop-ups are three dimensional linkages, which richly illustrate concepts of motion in two and three dimensions, distance, angle, parallel and intersecting lines, symmetry and systems.