• Pinball Machine

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

    $29.954.8

    Build a colorful custom pinball machine — designed by you! Create an eye-catching sign using geometric pixel art techniques, build an adjustable launching mechanism, and arrange the obstacles however you like. Then rearrange the board to experiment with angles and add to the challenge. Score!

    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

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