Free Universal Construction Kit, A Great Addition to the STEM
ClassroomBy Diana Wehrell-Grabowski on August 1, 2012 in
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education,
Teacher Training Workshops During the majority of my science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teacher training
workshops I introduce teachers to engineering concepts related
to building, architecture, materials science and so forth.
Teachers build 2 and 3-D shapes with readily and affordable
materials such as bamboo skewers, toothpicks, craft sticks and
more. In addition, I introduce teachers to numerous building
kits from bamboo blocks to Lego’s, K’Nex, Lincoln Logs,
Tinkertoys, Zome and other similar building kits. Now wouldn’t
it be nice if Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Zome and all these cool
building kits could be used together? Well thanks to the efforts
of Carnegie Mellon professor Golan Levin he has created a “Free
Universal Construction Kit” which provides adapters between ten
popular construction toys including: Lego