



Engineering Pathways Education Creation Kit:

Pulleys (x3)

Lever and Fulcrum

Small Bucket

12” Hot Wheels Track (x7)

8” Hot Wheels Track (x3)

Hot Wheels Track Connector (x10)

Hot Wheels Car (x3)

Sand Paper

Slinky (x1)

Ping Pong Balls (x5)

Popsicle Sticks (x70)

String (300 ft)

Plastic Cups (x5)

Balloons (x7)

Various Size Rubber Bands (x50)

Wooden Blocks – Dominos (x50)

Duct Tape (x1)

Construction Paper Multiple Colors (x10)

Marbles (x15)

(Approximate values not exact)

Optional Due to Safety Concerns:

Mouse Traps (x2)

Warning: Please be careful if you choose to get mousetraps. We recommend a parent handling the mousetraps with children because they can be dangerous if used improperly. The kit contains small items that may be a choking hazard, please use with caution with a responsible adult.

How can this Engineering Pathways Education Creation Kit be used for educational purposes?

This site offers free worksheets that relate to many curriculum including motion & force, the scientific method and gravity. For more flexible curriculum, there is the Rube Goldberg machine steps worksheet.

https://www.engineeringemporium.com/pages/free-worksheet-pdfs

What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?

A Rube Goldberg machine is a mechanism made up of simple parts that work together in a chain reaction to accomplish a simple task at the end. They require creativity, ingenuity, and physics!

Why get this kit?

This chain reaction kit demonstrates many different concepts of physics. We, two mechanical engineering students and a marketing student at Iowa State University, engineered custom parts and developed worksheets that work together to facilitate learning and guarantee a lot of fun! This Engineering Pathways kit is ideal for introducing and reinforcing a basic understanding of physics as well as providing many hours of fun and creativity. Become passionate for STEM!