Requirements

- Appropriate for ages 8 and up with a maximum of 30 students per class. Please be advised that if younger children attend they will unlikely have the fine motor skills required to participate fully in the workshop.

- An open space cleared of furniture. Chairs are not required.

- Duration 2 hours - this can be reduced if your timetable cannot fit the workshop

- Set up time 15 minutes and pack up time 15 minutes

Students use hand tools to create simple and complex machines with Meccano during this hands-on workshop. Specifically the students learn about levers, pulleys, gear trains, inclined planes and wheel and axles whilst working in pairs or threes.

What's it like? Well, imagine kids all frantically working on their Meccano build project across your classroom floor. Teamwork, problem solving and simply using the simple tools are all part of the challenge - the students absolutely love it and often they havn't even heard of Meccano!

Apart from applications of science and mathematics, this workshop exposes students to the importance of following instructions and provides an avenue towards improving spatial and fine motor skills.