Kid Spark Education

Kid Spark Education

Rokenbok Education is now Kid Spark Education, but the STEM labs are the same. Teach students to see like designers and think like engineers with comprehensive, project-based curriculum and carefully engineered 3D building blocks.

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In this lesson, students will explore the different features and attributes of the Yellow ROK Block. Students will get hands-on experience as they analyze the block, practice connecting and disconnecting, and working as a team to solve a fun challenge.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the different features and attributes of the Blue ROK Block. Students will get hands-on experience as they analyze the block, practice connecting and disconnecting, and working as a team to solve a fun challenge.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the different features and attributes of the Red ROK Block. Students will get hands-on experience as they analyze the block, practice connecting and disconnecting, and working as a team to solve a fun challenge.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the different features and attributes of the Green ROK Block. Students will get hands-on experience as they analyze the block, practice connecting and disconnecting, and working as a team to solve a fun challenge.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will learn about engineers and what they do. Students will create measurement tools to help their instructor solve a challenge.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will learn how to think like an engineer. Students will explore patterns and symmetry as they build different structures and designs.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the engineering materials that are included in the ROK Blocks Mobile STEM Lab and become familiar with the name and function of each.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students are free to create something of their own design. Students can use the skills they have learned throughout previous lessons to build and improve a custom design.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore what it means for something to be strong and the relationship between weight, strength, load, and reinforcement.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will explore how to make things strong. Students will discuss how to make “work” easier as they build, test and improve a flatbed truck.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson students will use their new engineering skills to build and test a castle wall, and then improve on the design to make it stronger. Then, students will move into a “focused” free build, where they create, test, and improve their own castle wall design.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students are free to create something of their own design. Students can use the skills they have learned throughout previous lessons to build and improve a custom design.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will build a tractor and explore how different forces, like pushes and pulls, can be used to move objects.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will build a helicopter and explore the concept of gravity.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 mins

In this lesson, students will build a castle wall that includes a door. Students will explore how to use different engineering materials to make the castle door open and close.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students are free to create something of their own design. Students can use the skills they have learned throughout previous lessons to build and improve a custom design.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 30 - 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the engineering materials that are included in the ROK Blocks Mobile STEM Lab and become familiar with the name and function of each.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 60 mins

This Kid Spark lesson will give students confidence in their ability to see like a designer and think like an engineer. Students will discover there are many different ways to solve a problem and anyone can contribute towards a design.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 120 mins

In this lesson, students will learn about size and dimension as they review 2D drawings and 3D physical objects. Students will learn how to measure in metric units using Kid Spark engineering materials.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 60 mins

In this lesson, students will learn how to use various engineering materials and construction techniques to make structures that are strong and stable.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 60 mins

In this lesson, students will learn how Kid Spark engineering materials can be used to create different types of movement.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 180 mins

This lesson will give students the skills and confidence to develop design ideas and bring them to life. Students will learn how to apply essential steps in a design & engineering process to produce creative, collaborative solutions to STEM challenges.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 120 mins

This activity is designed to introduce students to the basics of bridge design. Students will learn about the different components of a bridge, the forces acting on a bridge, and how different bridge designs work. Students will apply knowledge they have previously learned as they progress through the design project.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 120 - 180 mins

In this lesson, students will get hands-on with a remote-controlled robot called: the Maker ROK-Bot. Students will learn some basic information about robots and then explore how various engineering materials can be used to create robotic systems.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 4 - 7
  • Duration: 120 - 180 mins

This lesson is designed to introduce students to different types of mechanisms common in mechanical and robotic systems. Students will learn about linkages, gears, and cams by building and testing different models. This experience will give students confidence to design and engineer their own robotic systems.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 4 - 8
  • Duration: 120 - 180 mins

This lesson is designed to introduce students to different types of motion used in mechanical and robotic systems. Students will explore different mechanisms that convert motion from one form to another. Then, students will work together to design and engineer their own unique mechanisms.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 4 - 8
  • Duration: 180 mins

This activity is designed to challenge students to design and engineer a custom, remote controlled vehicle. Students will work through the Kid Spark Design & Engineering Process to develop a working model to be tested and evaluated. Students will be required to reflect on their design and effectively communicate it to others.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 4 - 8
  • Duration: 60 - 120 mins

This activity is designed to challenge students to design and engineer a custom, remote controlled factory lift capable of moving material. Students will work through the Kid Spark Design & Engineering Process to develop a working model to be tested and evaluated. Students will be required to reflect on their design and effectively communicate it to others.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 4 - 8
  • Duration: 60 mins

A unit is a collection of projects. Some units are learning paths that must be completed in sequence. Others contain projects that are related but can be completed independently of each other.

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This unit engages students in multiple opportunities to compare and contrast ROK Blocks and the shapes and constructions that can be made with them. Students begin to explore scale and proportions. They are introduced to the idea that the physical structure of objects is related to their functionality. They are asked to make frequent observations.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 120 mins

Introduce what it means to be an engineer. This unit demonstrates to students that we all use engineering every day, and extends their engineering skills working with Kid Spark engineering materials.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 180 mins

Introduce students to one of the primary tasks of engineering: making things strong. In this unit, students expand on their growing understanding of engineering and what it means to be an engineer. The activities engage them with a real-life problem that often faces engineers: how to make things strong. Students also learn part of the design cycle by testing their designs and improving them.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 135 mins

Introduce students to one of the primary tasks of engineering: making things move. In this unit, students explore the physics of movement. They learn about force, gravity, pushes, and pulls. Students learn that when they make things move, they are acting as engineers.

  • Subject : Design Thinking, Engineering, Math, Science
  • Grade : Pre-K - 1
  • Duration: 165 mins

Students begin exploring applied mathematics, mechanical engineering, and robotics. Students focus on intuitive concepts like how to make things strong and how to make things move. As a result, they gain confidence in their ability to use technology to design solutions to problems.

  • Subject : 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Engineering, Science
  • Grade : 2 - 3
  • Duration: 780 mins