Think outside the blocks! K’NEX is a rod and connector building system that lets you build BIG and make it MOVE. With over 430 awards and recognitions, the K’NEX product line has building toys specially designed for every age group and skill level.
Teachers Pay Teachers is a shared space among educators to share ideas amonst one another. There are resources that are free, and some that require payment. Teachers Pay Teachers can be a tool you use to gather ideas for a motivational lesson for your students!
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The K'nex Teacher's Guide is intended to assist teachers with how they can incorporate K’Nex into the classroom in a meaningful and engaging way.
K’Nex can provide a wide variety of ways for teachers to teach technology, maths and literacy skills to pupils while also providing variety in the classroom. It can also be an effective way to help pupils to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. It is also a particularly good way to encourage co-operative learning and to involve pupils with learning difficulties in a whole class activity.
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K'NEX Education develops curriculum supported Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) sets for use in elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Making it easy to incorporate K'NEX into the classroom, our inquiry-based teacher's guides include objectives, activities, key concepts, journals and worksheets. Everything the teacher needs to not only teach the students, but also assess what they have learned.
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In this sample video, Mr. Wasemann demonstrates how to knot together three rubber bands to create a rubber band "motor" to be used with student-standardized K'Nex vehicles. These rubber band "motors" will be used to explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy.
In this sample video, Mr. Christopher Triola demonstrates a lesson plan using K'nex. Mr. Triola has several other videos on his YouTube page as well showing off the unit using K'nex!