The Abacus Science Kit (Machine makers™) comes with a range of equipment to assist with manipulating the movement of objects. These materials provide students with practical applications of physics, and teaches skills onconstruction and design. Furthermore, equipment is translatable to other subjects, such as dominoes being useful for mathematics, and tennis balls relevant to P.E.

Model cars

This kit comes with 15 toy cars based on models of famous automobiles. This ensures that students with a special interest for cars will remain engaged when learning physics.

Easy to store

All this equipment is packed into a sturdy Gratnells storage box, which can be integrated into our Abacus Science Frame.

In the classroom, the Abacus Science Kit (Machine makers™) is ideal for creating physics contraptions that test gravitational pull. Containing enough equipment, materials, and consumables for 30 people, students have the option to work independently or buddy up for experiments.

In full, this product contains the consumables:

• Gratnells storage box
• Adhesive Tape
• Balloons
• Balls - Table Tennis
• Balls - Tennis
• Cards A4
• Cotton reels
• Dominoes - wooden
• Glue sticks
• Marbles
• Marker - permanent
• Masking tape
• Popsticks
• Rope
• Rubber bands
• Sticky tac
• Straws - Paper
• String
• Toy cars
• Wire

Additional Information:

• Download the activities featured in the Primary Connections® unit (Machine makers™)
• This product can be used in teaching the Australian curriculum code ACSSU033: Science Understanding - Physical sciences - A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
• Machine makers™ and Primary Connections® are trademarks of the Australian Academy of Science and not affiliated with Abacus Educational Suppliers