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One of my favorite parts of my career, when I’m doing field work, is I get to teach kids how to build toy engines and it’s an incredible experience every time

when you see the light bulb click in a kids brain that, after a few hours of work, they can take a power source and turn it into a machine with a motor and lights- something changes in them

It’s like they suddenly recognize that they have the world in their hands
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Conrad Keeps 5d ago 💬 1

Brilliant. Any tips on resources/materials to build a toy engine?

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DagzTagz 5d ago 💬 2

We start by using a kit for the first time, to see if they can follow tedious instructions and then we work our way up with the Lego’s that have the little motors

I might be able to link the kit I use for my littles (this is usually best for ages about 6-7 to 9-10)

We use the “Discovery Mindblown Model Motor Engine Kit”

It has you piece together the internals to show you what the inside of a combustion engine looks like, it’s a bit tedious because you have to put together the springs and pistons, belts, etc but it really gives age appropriate insight into what an engine requires to operate mechanically

https://www.amazon.sg/Discovery-Mindblown-Model-Motor-Engine/

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DagzTagz 5d ago

Ahhh sorry that link is broken because I tried to remove my identifying trackers from it but if you just look it up in your search engine it’ll come right up :)

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Conrad Keeps 5d ago

Awesome. Thank you