• Civil Engineer Starter Kit

    $29.955.0

    Raise the roof with this civil engineer starter kit! Build a bridge that’s held together with just friction and gravity. Construct a tall tower strengthened with reinforcements, then wire up a “shake table” to put your builds to the test! Learn about the technology behind construction, and explore STEM in a brand new way.

    Why it’s awesome

    1. Build, test, repeat

      Test out different shapes and structures to see what’s strongest.

    2. Shake things up

      Wire up a motor to make a mechanical shake table.

    3. Earthquake engineering

      Discover amazing buildings that are built to take a quake.

    What’s included?

    • bridge set (20 pcs)

    • tower base

    • shake table set (2 pcs)

    • damper set (4 pcs)

    • sticky foam sheet

    • 6 rubber bands

    • 4 chenille stems

    • battery pack with AA alkaline battery

    • 8 zip ties

    • motor

    • disk

    • 7 washers

    • straw and connector building set

    • poster

    • 3 illustrated instruction booklets

    • folder of civil engineer information

    Topics explored

    1. Earthquake engineering

    2. Iterative design

    3. STEM professions

    From the desk of the product designer:

    Behind the design

    “Civil engineers are always working to build bigger and better structures. So we took an existing shake table project we had in our back pocket and made it bigger and better too! With this extra activity, kids get an even deeper dive into the wonderful world of engineering!”

    - KiwiCo Product Designer

    By the numbers

    3

    Civil engineers consulted

    6

    Building connector shapes prototyped

    many!

    Structures that collapsed during earthquake testing

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