STEAM BAckpack: Build It

STEAM BAckpack: Build It

Children are natural engineers as they love to design and build.  Check out this backpack which includes some great books and engineering activities.

STEAM Backpack Build It

Backpack Contents

Books

  1. Goodnight, goodnight, construction site by Sherrie Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
  2. The most magnificent thing by Ashley Spires
  3. The book of diggers and dozers

Activities

  1. Wooden wobbly wall : Contents: 40 bricks, a chicken and a base board
  2. Magformers: Contents: 14 magformers per pack
  3. Gears! Gears! Gears! : Variety of sets-1 per pack
  • Machines in motion : 
  •  Wrecker
  • Flight
  • Rover
  • Deluxe Building Set
  • Cycle

Contents: 150 pieces-packs will contain a section of pieces

Includes 66 Colourful gears (blue, green, orange, red, purple), 36 square pillars, 31 six-way axles, 8 pillar connectors, 8 interlocking bases, 2 crank handles, 1 plastic storage tub, and activity guide.

 

Additional Resources

Get more out of your LEGO Duplo sets with these great ideas

https://www.lego.com/en-us/page/preschool-play-ideas

 

Download free building instructions using basic bricks

https://www.lego.com/en-ie/themes/classic/building-instructions

 

Film trailer

https://www.themostmagnificentthing.com/

 

Usborne Quicklinks-Look inside building sites

https://usborne.com/gb/quicklinks/quicklink/11765-look-inside-building-sites