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title: "Forces & Interactions: Middle School Classroom Kit | NGSS-Aligned for Physics & Engineering Classes| Teacher Guide & Lesson Plans | Durable, Timed for Classroom Use, Includes Storage"
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# NGSS Aligned 437 Durable Pieces Timed Activities Forces & Interactions: Middle School Classroom Kit | NGSS-Aligned for Physics & Engineering Classes| Teacher Guide & Lesson Plans | Durable, Timed for Classroom Use, Includes Storage

**Brand:** thames & kosmos
**Price:** € 278.52
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Ignite Curiosity and Collaboration!

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- **What is this?** Forces & Interactions: Middle School Classroom Kit | NGSS-Aligned for Physics & Engineering Classes| Teacher Guide & Lesson Plans | Durable, Timed for Classroom Use, Includes Storage by thames & kosmos
- **How much does it cost?** € 278.52 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Engage Young Minds:** Foster creativity and critical thinking with hands-on physics and engineering activities.
- • **Collaborative Learning:** Designed for groups of up to four students, promoting teamwork and communication.
- • **Durability Meets Design:** Built to withstand repeated classroom use, ensuring longevity and reliability.
- • **Effortless Organization:** Comes with a stackable storage bin for easy clean-up and part organization.
- • **Comprehensive Teacher Support:** Includes a 116-page guide with detailed lesson plans and objectives.

## Overview

The Thames & Kosmos Forces & Interactions Classroom Kit is an NGSS-aligned educational resource designed for middle school physics and engineering classes. It includes 437 durable building pieces, a comprehensive teacher guide with lesson plans, and is suitable for group activities, making it perfect for both classroom and homeschooling environments.

## Description

Bring the fun of hands-on physics to the classroom! This classroom kit is designed specifically for middle school NGSS classrooms. It includes ten physics and engineering design activities that are aligned to eight Next Generation Science Standards and also comes with a 116-page book with detailed explanations and activity objectives to guide instruction. Each activity is intended to be performed in one or two 45-50 minute class periods. The kit comes with 437 durable plastic building pieces that are intended for repeated classroom use as well as illustrated step-by-step assembly instructions to direct hands-on model building exercises. Suitable for groups, each kit is designed for use by up to four students. The entire kit is contained in a stackable plastic storage bin with sorting tray and building lid, allowing for easy clean-up and organization of parts.

Review: Outstanding Home Science Kit - My grandson needed a good science kit for middle school this year. It arrived at his home and he loves it. Actual science items and not cups and bowls from the kitchen. His other Grandmother said it is really working out well.
Review: Good group teaching tool with a few caveats - I generally love Thames and Kosovo’s products. This is a classroom physics kit. There are enough pieces to build several cars at once, but some experiments can only be done one at a time. For me that is fine since I am using this with homeschooling several kids, but for a small classroom, I can see students wanting to make their own. I am also not sure there are enough pieces to build more than one ramp. The snap pieces can be hard to remove especially for smaller finger, there is one connector puller included. For bigger groups of students I would have liked more of the pullers (looks a bit like the Lego splitter tool) You will need to provide weights for one experiment and batteries for the power module. I used slightly stronger nylon cord for my bucket pulls. It comes with magnets, wires, cord, nails, a cheep compass, and paper clips. Most of the odds and ends I just used my own and left the nails etc in the bucket. There is a nice top divided tray to store the tinier pieces, and the bottom bin I left filled with the large pieces. The top of the storage box is dimpled to allow connecting the (not Lego) plastic building blocks to it. My kids had fun and easily figured out how to build onto any experiment we tried. My one and biggest complaint with the kit is the magnet and iron filing board. None of the magnets work. They appear to have either been super heated or smacked around enough to unalign or weaken the magnet. I have a collection of bar magnets and rare earth magnets so I replaced the included magnets with my own. Most science teachers I know have collections of magnets so overall not a big issue. The clear iron filing board designed to show magnetic fields was a bust though. It’s not that the filings didn’t align, but that there were so few filings inside to show anything to begin with. I have a board I bought from a science teaching supply store and it has enough filings to demonstrate the magnetic field. This one was meh at best. Because it does allow for multiple fun interactive classroom experiments I am rating this four stars. The spiral teaching book was great with Detailed instructions for building, and alignment guides (this assumes a knowledge of the material on the teacher’s part). The plastic technic like pieces were easy to use and fun for the kids. It was in the magnetism and wires and accessories that fell short of expectation. My Dad was a physicist (and MD) and I have a background in Physics as well, I had no trouble explaining what was going on to my kids, but this does not have answers to the questions because it assumes teacher knows answers, and how to relate NGSS Standards. Booklet includes lesson plan with target student age, time to teach, and any any materials needed. It is a great classroom kit, or group science instruction kit. Just keep in mind it’s target is classroom supplementary instruction, not home so kit is not designed to be a done by a kid on their own following a visually interesting book. (The spiral is pretty standard for teacher lesson books)

## Features

- NGSS ALIGNED: The ten physics and engineering design activities are aligned to eight standards covered in NGSS middle school classrooms.
- TEACHER GUIDE & LESSON PLANS: 116-page book includes detailed explanations and activity objectives to guide instruction.
- DURABLE BUILDING SYSTEM: Comes with 437 durable plastic building pieces that are intended for repeated classroom use, as well as illustrated step-by-step assembly instructions to direct hands-on model building exercises.
- SUITABLE FOR GROUPS & TIMED FOR CLASSROOM USE: Each kit is designed for use by up to four students and each activity is intended to be performed in one or two 45-50 minute class periods.
- EASY CLEAN-UP & STORAGE: Stackable plastic storage bin with sorting tray and building lid allows for organization of parts.
- PERFECT FOR HOMESCHOOLING 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B085LRXWLL |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Best Sellers Rank | #283,797 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #2,659 in Educational Science Kits |
| Brand Name | Thames & Kosmos |
| Color | Blue |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (29) |
| Educational Objective | Science |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00814743014558 |
| Included Components | Plastic building pieces, rubber bands, string, motor, 2 battery holders, switch, bulb and fixture, wires, metal rods, copper wire, sandpaper, paper clips, compass, 4 ring magnets, iron filing board, tube, clip with spring, thread, 10 metal washers, fabric square, circle magnet, bar magnet, horseshoe magnet, teacher guide with lesson plans |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor |
| Is Assembly Required | Yes |
| Item Dimensions | 16.25 x 12.25 x 6.25 inches |
| Item Type Name | Classroom Physics Kit |
| Item Weight | 1 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | Thames & Kosmos |
| Manufacturer Maximum Age (MONTHS) | 360.0 |
| Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS) | 96.0 |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 700100 |
| Manufacturer Warranty Description | 1 Year Warranty Against Manufacturer Defects |
| Material Type | Plastic |
| Model Number | 700100 |
| Number of Batteries | 2 AA batteries required. |
| Number of Players | 4 |
| Operation Mode | Manual |
| Power Source | battery |
| Set Name | Middle School |
| Size | Medium, Small |
| Supported Battery Types | 2 AA batteries |
| Theme | Physics |
| UPC | 814743014558 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding Home Science Kit
*by V***S on November 7, 2020*

My grandson needed a good science kit for middle school this year. It arrived at his home and he loves it. Actual science items and not cups and bowls from the kitchen. His other Grandmother said it is really working out well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good group teaching tool with a few caveats
*by L***N on September 16, 2020*

I generally love Thames and Kosovo’s products. This is a classroom physics kit. There are enough pieces to build several cars at once, but some experiments can only be done one at a time. For me that is fine since I am using this with homeschooling several kids, but for a small classroom, I can see students wanting to make their own. I am also not sure there are enough pieces to build more than one ramp. The snap pieces can be hard to remove especially for smaller finger, there is one connector puller included. For bigger groups of students I would have liked more of the pullers (looks a bit like the Lego splitter tool) You will need to provide weights for one experiment and batteries for the power module. I used slightly stronger nylon cord for my bucket pulls. It comes with magnets, wires, cord, nails, a cheep compass, and paper clips. Most of the odds and ends I just used my own and left the nails etc in the bucket. There is a nice top divided tray to store the tinier pieces, and the bottom bin I left filled with the large pieces. The top of the storage box is dimpled to allow connecting the (not Lego) plastic building blocks to it. My kids had fun and easily figured out how to build onto any experiment we tried. My one and biggest complaint with the kit is the magnet and iron filing board. None of the magnets work. They appear to have either been super heated or smacked around enough to unalign or weaken the magnet. I have a collection of bar magnets and rare earth magnets so I replaced the included magnets with my own. Most science teachers I know have collections of magnets so overall not a big issue. The clear iron filing board designed to show magnetic fields was a bust though. It’s not that the filings didn’t align, but that there were so few filings inside to show anything to begin with. I have a board I bought from a science teaching supply store and it has enough filings to demonstrate the magnetic field. This one was meh at best. Because it does allow for multiple fun interactive classroom experiments I am rating this four stars. The spiral teaching book was great with Detailed instructions for building, and alignment guides (this assumes a knowledge of the material on the teacher’s part). The plastic technic like pieces were easy to use and fun for the kids. It was in the magnetism and wires and accessories that fell short of expectation. My Dad was a physicist (and MD) and I have a background in Physics as well, I had no trouble explaining what was going on to my kids, but this does not have answers to the questions because it assumes teacher knows answers, and how to relate NGSS Standards. Booklet includes lesson plan with target student age, time to teach, and any any materials needed. It is a great classroom kit, or group science instruction kit. Just keep in mind it’s target is classroom supplementary instruction, not home so kit is not designed to be a done by a kid on their own following a visually interesting book. (The spiral is pretty standard for teacher lesson books)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So much fun!
*by A***R on January 30, 2021*

Great resource to use in my classroom!

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