Practice storytelling and problem-solving with the Imagination Kit. Pick a challenge, sketch your idea in the imagination sketchbook then build your solution to complete the story. Create an amusement park, shears for sheep, a sports arena, a pollution-fighting device. Discover these and more with 100+ challenges in the card deck! What are Strawbees? Strawbees is a construction set for you to build things that can stand, move, spin, glide, or even walk across the floor. Strawbees is a construction set, which means it’s made to build things. It is as a material for people to express, test and share their ideas, developing the necessary skills to think creatively. The 4 color-coded connectors have respectively 1, 2, 3 and 5 legs. You can fit straws on their legs, slide a straw through the hole or click a leg on a hole. Colour-coded straws are carefully measured and resistant enough to endure daily use. No additional parts are required. You can build structures, mechanical contraptions, and robotic mechanisms all with these 4 connectors. Features Different Ways to Create – sketch, write, or build your ideas. Two Levels – two card decks, two types of challenges for different levels of engagement. 100+ Challenges, Endless Solutions – no instructions opens up to developing problem-solving skills. Creative Thinking skills – see a problem from a new perspective and find new ways to solve a challenge by making multiple solutions. All materials are custom-made, durable, and reusable – finish building, disassemble, and begin a new project. What's included? Building straws – 208mm Bendable Green × 50 Building straws – 240mm Yellow × 50 Building straws – 240mm Blue × 50 Connectors – 1-leg White × 130 Connectors – 2-leg White × 64 Connectors – 3-leg White × 32 Connectors – 5-leg White × 24 Pocketful of Ideas Card Deck × 1 Activity booklet × 1 Free access to lesson plans at Strawbees Learning Related Activities Build the Platonic Solids - Build the shapes that have intrigued philosophers, mathematicians and scientists for centuries. Build a Mechanical Crane - Build an operational crane with a four-bar linkage and control it with your hands. Build a Mechanical Claw - Make a 3 finger claw to grab objects from any direction moving a single straw. View more learning material
