16 Apr STEM Kits and More for Teens
Teen Central has more than just a large selection of books and manga to choose from, there are also quite a few kits as well. Kits are equipment or activities that are available to check out with your library card. Each kit can be checked out for a week at a time. The kits cover a wide range of interests from crafting and social media, to games like laser tag and Gravity Maze. There are also many different STEM kits. Try out the STEM kits and more today.
STEM Kits include:
Bric: Structures
From the creators of Snap Circuits, Bric: Structures combines the fun of building your own structures with learning basic circuitry. Build a house and then work to make the lights turn on! The kit includes a step-by-step guidebook that explains how to build and lay out your circuits to get you started.
Gravity Maze
Gravity Maze is a stackable marble logic game. The goal is to build a structure that gets your marble from the start to the goal. The kit includes sixty challenge cards, ranging from beginner to expert. After completing the cards, create your own structures to try new challenges.
Physics Laws
Build one of four working models to learn about Newton’s laws of motion. The kit includes parts and instructions to build all four models, along with everyday examples of inertia, friction, circular motion, and energy conversion. Challenge yourself and discover a new way to learn physics.
Microscope Set
Explore the microscopic world around us! This kit includes a functional microscope with 25x magnification lenses, twenty-three pre-made slides to get you started – including different parts of a bee, and an instruction book featuring fun facts about microscopes.
Human Body
Learn about what makes a human with this mini glow-in-the-dark model. The kit includes an instruction book on how to assemble the model, with explanations of the various systems that allow the human body to function, as well as different organs and skeletal structures.
Sphero Mini
Sphero Mini is a creative solution game. Scan the QR code to download the control app, and use the mini robot to solve the various included challenges. Each challenge has multiple solutions—compete with others to find your own unique way to solve each problem.
Sphero Specdrums
Create your own music or practice sight-reading with Sphero Specdrums. These rings allow you to turn color into sound by reading each color as a different note! This kit contains instructions, two rings, and a colorful playing mat. After downloading the app, connect the Specdrums and get into the rhythm.
Free Fall
Free Fall is a 3D puzzle game where you move the puzzle to get your ball to the goal. After assembling the frame, choose one of the sixty included challenge cards to build your maze. The ball can only go through each cup once—when it lands on the target, you win.
Spy Science
Complete up to ten included missions using various tools, secret codes, and clever problem-solving. After finishing the final challenge, the fun doesn’t have to stop—create your own codes and challenges to share with friends. When you are done, don’t forget to keep the stickers and worksheets!
And don’t forget to try out the rest of the kits available in Teen Central:
-written by Alex B, Teen Central Library Assistant
