Pinball Machine

  1. Grades K-2
  2. Grades 3-5

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Academic Standards

  1. 3-PS2-1: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
  2. RI.1.3: English Language Arts > Reading: Informational Texts

Why it’s awesome

  1. Pixel-inspired art

    Design and doodle geometric art to customize your machine.

  2. Make it and play it

    Move around obstacles and flags to change up your game.

  3. High-energy science

    Bonus experiments and activities to explore how things move.

What’s included?

  • plastic game board set (13 pcs)

  • 2 foam feet

  • 2 foam sheets

  • marble launcher pieces (5 pcs)

  • 20 rubber bands

  • 23 brads

  • 18 plastic washers

  • 2 paper backboards

  • stackable crayon

  • 3 marbles

  • 24 plastic pegs

  • 10 paper flags

  • sticky foam (4 pcs)

  • 6 paper washers

  • explore! magazine

  • illustrated instruction booklet

Topics explored

  1. Mechanics + building

  2. Motion + forces

  3. Geometric art

From the desk of the product designer:

Behind the design

Marbles and angles are always fun to explore, especially when you get to build a launcher and a customizable game board!

- KiwiCo Product Designer

By the numbers

7

Gameboards prototyped

12

Marbles lost during testing

20

Rubber bands launched while setting up gameboards