The fischertechnik Introduction to STEM I set provides an ideal pathway for introducing students to everyday technology, and allowing them to understand how these simple machines actually work.

This set contains 500 pieces along with a detailed, full-color 170 page pictorial assembly manual with instructions for building 40 different models in all. Students can build a centrifugal governor, manual transmission, block and tackle, wind turbine, a beam balance, and more.

Recommended for Grades: 2, 3 and 4

Explore essential STEM concepts, including:

• Simple machines
• Cause and effect
• Energy and matter
• Structure and function
• Stability and change
• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
• Energy and motion
• How is energy transferred?
• Systems and system models
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Constructing explanations
• Designing solutions