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2 ELEMENTARY PITSCO MAKER SPACE PACKAGE Eager to get your elementary classroom involved in the maker movement? The Elementary Pitsco Maker Space Package has everything you need to get your students moving, thinking, creating, and building. With a wide variety of hands-on Pitsco products ranging from straw rockets to roller coasters, their minds will be engaged with endless possibilities. This package includes 42 products pulled from the Pitsco catalog categories of Aerospace, Dragsters, Engineering, Math, Physical Science, Structures, and Sustainable Energy. ME41759 $4,250 Pitsco Education believes that children need opportunities for discovery and that authentic learning occurs through natural curiosity and creative thinking combined with hands-on applications. Whether students design and build a rocket or dragster or create an invention... students take part in meaningful projects using real tools and collaborating with peers in a Pitsco makerspace. All our elementary products would be ideal for a makerspace in your library or media center, but we ve selected a few to highlight. Need help designing a Pitsco makerspace in your school? Call us at Visit our website to see more! Order Toll-Free: Order: orders@pitsco.com Order Online: Online Support: Pitsco.com/help

3 imagine TRY THIS: TOOTHPICK BRIDGE KIT ME40309 $1.50 TRY THIS: ENGINEERING SAIL CAR CLASS PACK This pack is for 30 students and includes a design brief featuring teacher tips, student design brief, design process, testing, extensions, and standards. ME40603 $35 TRY THIS: ENGINEERING KIT Sometimes, the best activity is the one where students figure things out all on their own. That s what this kit does: it presents them with the materials to build a sail car but lets them figure out how to do it on their own just like real engineers! Requires paper, glue, and a hobby knife, sold separately. Pitsco s Try This kits are designed as quick and easy activities that show some of the basic concepts of larger projects. This kit should take 20 minutes or less to construct. ME40311 $1.50 TRY THIS: PARACHUTE KIT ME40310 $1.50 TRY THIS: STRAW STRUCTURE KIT ME40308 $1.50

4 invent LARGE STRUCTURES PACKAGE Younger students can learn about basic structures but might not be able to handle the materials of the Straw Structures Getting Started Package. The giant, fuzzy, and colorful pipe cleaners in this pack are not only fun to use but also easy to handle for small hands. A class of students can each learn to make two basic shapes and then combine materials to create bigger, more complex structures. Comes with 120 large assorted-color pipe cleaners, 180 AP Rocket Tubes (12" long,.518 ID,.544 OD), and instructions for building a cube and tetrahedron. Ages 5+ ME38598 $69.95 INVENTION EXPLORE-A-PAK If your students can dream it up, they can invent it with the Invention Explore-A-Pak! We have included a wide variety of materials rubber bands, straws, basswood, dowel rods, Skill Sticks, balloons, wheels, glue, plastic spools, and more. Students must supply the imagination. For a class of 30. Ages 12+ ME35560 $125I FINDING OUT ABOUT POP-UPS Pop-ups often seen in cards and paper toys provide an artistic and inspiring way for students to learn to apply accuracy, measuring, and geometry skills. Learn to use folds, push and pull mechanisms, paper springs, inserts, and more to create fun paper pop-ups in your classroom. Paperback/ Spiral-bound, 64 pages. ME60105 $19.95 Choking Hazard: Children younger than eight years old can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons. Adult supervision required. Keep uninflated balloons from children. Discard broken balloons at once. Order Toll-Free: Order: orders@pitsco.com Order Online: Online Support: Pitsco.com/help

5 explore INVENTION EXPLORE-A-PAK activity ideas SCIENCE Build something that shows motion. Invent an animal adaptation. Construct an animal sanctuary. Craft something that does work. Make something to lift something up. ENGINEERING Create something that moves. Make something that stays in one place. Build a vehicle that can move independently. Construct something that can move without being touched. Make something that moves in a straight line. MATH Measure the different pieces in the kit. Count the quantity of materials in the kit. Create geometric shapes. Use a budget for materials to show financial literacy. Create a model that shows fractions in use. LANGUAGE ARTS Present your invention to the class. Make a claim about why your design met the challenge and support it with evidence. Compare and contrast your design with someone else s. Build something and write a procedure for others to follow. Build something that goes along with a story. SOCIAL STUDIES Create toys from around the world. Design a map pointer for the teacher. Create a model to represent continents and oceans. Create something to lift or carry something over water. Make something to get water out of a well. These challenge and build ideas encourage students to collaborate, imagine, and invent. You can create your own challenge and build ideas. The possibilities with the Invention Explore-A-Pak are limitless! CHALLENGE AND BUILD IDEAS Wind-up toy Balloon buggy Back scratcher Vehicle Catapult Rover Simple machine Tower Tool Slingshot Launcher Straw rocket Chopsticks

6 create Getting Started Packages MAGLEV VEHICLES GETTING STARTED PACKAGE Everyone in the class has a shot at levitation with our Maglev Vehicles GS Package. The pack has enough materials for 30 students to build Levitator Maglev vehicles, including 30 car templates, 30 precut card-stock bases, 100 ceramic magnets, a Maglev II Track, and a Dr. Zoon Maglev Video. The Maglev Vehicles GS Package includes the following products: ME35632 Levitator Maglev 30-Pack ME37516 Maglev II Track ME59748 Dr. Zoon Maglev Video ME35621 $225I STRAW ROCKETS GETTING STARTED PACKAGE Building and experimenting with these simple rockets is the perfect way to introduce students to rocketry and several physics principles. Enough materials for 30 students to build four rockets each. The Straw Rocket Launcher and the Straw Rocket video are included. The Straw Rockets GS Package includes the following products: ME35784 Straw Rocket 30-Pack ME20426 Straw Rocket Launcher ME59993 Straw Rocket Video ME35783 $199I Ages 5+ KAZOON KITES GETTING STARTED PACKAGE Project on a string usually indicates an inexpensive activity, and this is no exception. This package includes materials for 30 tetrahedron kites and the Dr. Zoon KaZoon Kite Video. The KaZoon Kites GS Package includes the following products: ME23626 KaZoon Kite 30-Pack ME59747 Dr. Zoon KaZoon Kite Video ME23613 $105 Order Toll-Free: Order: orders@pitsco.com Order Online: Online Support: Pitsco.com/help

7 innovate PACKAGING DESIGN GETTING STARTED PACKAGE Everything you need to get started in packaging design! Nearly everything we buy has an element of package design. Help students become familiar with packaging principles and techniques. The Packaging Design GS Package includes the following products: ME58582 An Introduction to Package Design ME58479 Super Boxmaker (10 Boxmakers included) ME58960 Card Stock (11" x 17" x 0.018", 50 sheets) ME31721 Card Stock (11" x 17" x 0.024", 50 sheets) ME34502 HD Bond II (5 two-ounce bottles included) ME59783 Dr. Zoon Packaging Design Video ME27995 $315 MAKING YOUR OWN RULER GETTING STARTED PACKAGE Clear up any fraction befuddlement your students have with this fun activity. Get enough materials for a class of 30 to make their own rulers. The Making Your Own Ruler GS Package includes the following products: ME15788 Making Your Own Ruler Pack ME59702 Dr. Zoon Making Your Own Ruler Video ME33446 $65 Example of built kit

8 discover CHUTEPAK II Pitsco s ChutePak II contains materials for students to explore the principles governing the design and use of parachutes. 100 sheets of tissue paper, glue sticks, and all other necessary materials are included for 30 students. Requires scissors, sold separately. ME23735 $45 SUNEZOON SOLAR CAR 30-PACK This class pack includes enough materials to build 30 SunEzoon Cars. Construction requires scissors and hobby knife or sandpaper, sold separately. ME35624 $360 Order Toll-Free: Order: orders@pitsco.com Order Online: Online Support: Pitsco.com/help

9 learn activity ideas Have students design and engineer a parachute or hang glider to safely transport a raw egg when dropped from a height of 10 feet onto Pitsco s Drop Zone. TOOLBOX RACER 30-PACK There s potential energy hidden in tape measures and the Toolbox Racer taps into it! This pack gathers enough materials for 30 students to build and race this fun racer. Includes 30 Toolbox Racer Kits. Requires at least two tape measures our 6' tape measure is recommended duct tape, twine, and white glue, sold separately. ME35675 $150 ME50394 Tape Measure Economy (6') $ or more $6.25 each Students can test different parachute designs, but they may only have one final design that safely carries an egg from three meters to the floor without breaking the egg. Discuss potential, kinetic, and mechanical energy. Discuss how simple machines are involved in the movement of students vehicles. Test and record the difference in the movement of students vehicles on different surfaces for example, carpet vs tile. Record and compare measurements and time differences. How can students vehicles be reengineered to move faster or slower? LITTLE MOE MOUSETRAP VEHICLE 10-PACK Design a mousetrap car in less than 30 minutes with Little Moe, the best little kit on the market. This kit is ideal for students who have limited access to tools or are new to building mousetrap vehicles. Little Moe is one of the fastest mousetrap cars and travels from 10 to 20 meters for most first-time builders. The Mini Pack is an affordable way to have 10 students build this fun kit. Requires glue and needle-nose pliers, sold separately. ME58515 $69.95

10 ACRYLIC PAINT NONTOXIC These nontoxic acrylic paints come in a rainbow of colors and dry quickly. They are water soluble and packaged in 1/2-fluid ounce containers. ME53375 (pkg of 18) $ pkgs or more $17.50 each HD BOND II This superior tacky glue has excellent properties for bridge and tower building and many other applications. It dries quickly for a strong, flexible bond. It is nontoxic and nonpenetrating and dries clear. ME34502 (2 oz) $2.50 ME34503 (16 oz) $9.95 PAINTBRUSH ASSORTMENT 144 craft brushes, sizes 1-6. ME53469 $ pkgs or more $10.75 each PLASTIC SPOOLS Imaginative kids will find all kinds of uses for these handy spools that are just the ticket for a variety of construction projects. Use them as wheels on simple vehicles or as pulleys on inventions or contraptions. ME57738 (pkg of 10) $4.95 FILM CANISTERS With 25 canisters, the whole class can get started building film canister rockets. ME38577 $16.95 TWINE Polyester/cotton, roll of 300 feet. ME51912 $2 MOTOR 280 A great little motor/ generator for small electric vehicles. Operating voltage: VDC at 330 ma. ME54428 $1.75 each 10 or more $1.60 each ME Motor Mount $1.95 SKILL STICKS The sticks are 4-1/2" long x 3/8" wide. Ideas and instructions are included. ME59506 (pkg of 150) $9.95 PIPE CLEANERS ME54853 (pkg of 100) $3 GEAR FONT Get your motor running! These 16 plastic gears come in an easy punch-out frame and range in size from 1/2" to 2". Redesigned with accurate gear-tooth geometry for a smoother, more fluid fit, these gears can be used on most Pitsco products requiring a gear to turn a servo, wheel, or motor. ME25300 $5 10 pkgs or more $4.50 each 100 pkgs or more $4.25 each ELEMENTARY-SIZE SAFETY GLASSES The anti-scratch lens can be used for years. ME38809 $5.50 BALSA WOOD MEGAPACK This Balsa Wood MegaPack is a great buy. Get 500 pieces of balsa wood, each measuring 1/8" x 1/8" x 24". ME12739 $65 CONSTRUCTION PAPER Balloon and kite construction paper in assorted colors. ME51934 (pkg of 100) $12.95 ME53749 (pkg of 480) $69 Order Toll-Free: Order: orders@pitsco.com Order Online: Online Support: Pitsco.com/help

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12 P.O. Box 1708 Pittsburg, KS CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED If this catalog is not addressed correctly or the recipient is no longer at your school, please log on to our website at correctmyinfo.asp and make any necessary changes. Thank you. In order to let kids learn, we must let them do. In order to let them do, we must give them the hands-on experiences with relevancy. Students will own their learning if we let them. Harvey Dean, CEO, Former Teacher