Robo-Monorail Makers
Blast into the future of transportation and build your very own Robot Monorail System! Watch in awe as your RoboRails Robot balances on a single wheel and zips along a track, powered by a super-fast gyroscope and monowheel. You’ll be amazed at how steady your little robot is as it rolls along the track! Get ready to unleash your inner engineer with over 180 durable track pieces. You can follow the 26 awesome layouts in the manual or let your imagination run wild and design your own unique monorail system! With special connectors like the seesaw, splitter, and cross switch, you’ll add cool twists, turns, and challenges to your track that make it one-of-a-kind. Dive into hands-on experiments that explore cool physics concepts like rotational motion, acceleration, and angular momentum as you see gyroscopic forces in action. Are you ready to build the monorail of tomorrow? The adventure starts now!
Future Engineers
If you like to create and build things, this program is for you! Enjoy an adventure of physics, gravity, and action and take home your very own engineering kit! Through 26 model-building exercises, you’ll investigate all six classic simple machines — wheels and axles, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges — as well as gears. Students will follow easy step-by-step illustrated instructions to build each model, which includes a balance scale, elevator, and geared carousel! Test your new creations to demonstrate basic laws of physics and how they exist in our everyday lives! Young researchers will gain hands-on experience with the design process and learn about various topics in the fascinating world of engineering. Come obtain the necessary skills and experience to take on the technological challenges of the future and continue your engineering journey at home!
These programs are run by Minds in Motion through Andover Recreation