Designed for ages 8+

Hit 'em with your best shot! Build your own Launcher with TeacherGeek - send ping pong balls flying, marking the trajectory and distance of your shots and targets.

Redesign your launcher with greater accuracy and precision through the optional labs and graphing sheets, then compete in exciting design challenges. Change one variable at a time, utilizing scientific and engineering methods to successfully hit targets. Use recycling bin materials or extra components to build a kicker, plunger, trebuchet, or slingshot – your imagination is the limit!

Projecile Launcher Instruction Sample video:

Instruction video - courtesy of E. Isomura

Projectile Launcher Student Project Sample videos:

• Sample 1

Designed for ages 9+

Conquer the high seas — or your swimming pool — by crafting your own DIY boat! 

The TeacherGeek building system does what others don't, allowing kids to easily swap and manipulate parts as they try out their latest and greatest boat design. That means kids are really engineering; trying out ideas, seeing what works and what doesn't, and learning all the while! 

Designed for ages 8+

Wiggle-Bots are lively little robots brought to life by an electric motor and a kid's imagination.

Watch their eyes widen as their very own creation shakes to life; see their excitement mount as they tinker and evolve their Wiggle-Bot to race, dance, or even scribble! With TeacherGeek's building system, each Wiggle-Bot turns out as unique as the kid that made it. They're the motorized racing, scribbling, coloring robots sure to enthrall minds of any age!

Each Wiggle-Bot Activity comes with a printed Go-Guide to get kids started and inspire them to make their own unique designs. The Super Wiggle-Bot Activity comes with even more TeacherGeek building components to open a whole new world of design possibilities! TeacherGeek also offers free science labs and engineering challenges to deepen students' understanding and challenge them even further, covering topics such as electricity and wave forms.

Wigglebot student project sample videos:

 - Sample 1

- Sample 2

- Sample 3

Project videos courtesy of Glassbrook Elementary students

Designed for ages 8+

We've all lost more than a few quarters to the arcade claw machines. With the TeacherGeek Hydraulic Claw, you can forget the coins and create your very own remote-controlled fluid-powered grabber.

This is way more than just a toy claw. TeacherGeek's build system and the included extra parts allow kids to tinker with their claw, learning through experimentation and applying their findings to change their design to complete new challenges.

Each Hydraulic Claw Activity comes with a printed Go-Guide that gets kids inspired and creating their own unique designs. TeacherGeek also hosts a ton of free science labs and engineering challenges to deepen students' understanding of fluid power and ocean conservancy!

Designed for ages 5+

What happens when gears are connected? Do they rotate together, at the same speed, direction or with similar force? Truly experience gears through this activity; growing understanding through tinkering, experimentation and even engineering amusement park rides.

This activity comes with downloadable engineering challenges and optional labs. Optional activities teach about fractions, ratios, proportions and mechanical advantage.

Tinker Gears - Gr. 3 project samples

Project Photos courtesy of Clara Delsener, Science Specialist, Southgate Elementary

Designed for ages 8+

Thwack, Thomp, CRASH – you broke through the crust! The clock is ticking as you race with your electromagnet to gather iron and load it onto the spaceship. This is way more than just a magnet on a stick, your Pick-Up Stick was custom engineered by you with both an electromagnet and a grapple (claw) that grabs soup cans, paper clips, even candy. 

Mining in space, hanging paperclips, sorting recyclables – free optional challenges and labs give you plenty of options to customize this activity. Activity Packs include Go Guides to get kids started and encourage innovation. Engage kids like never before as they explore circuits, magnetic materials, and electromagnet design. This activity is a real pick-me-up!