Empowering Young Minds with STEM Learning

Moments of wonder and gasps of delight are creating awe-inspiring learning moments that are crucial for a child’s future success. As educators, we know that the goal is more than keeping children's hands busy–it’s getting their minds fired up.

The Power of Hands-On Learning

Hands-on learning experiences are key in developing a deep understanding of STEM concepts. The Kodo Magnet Wall, available in indoor, outdoor and mobile versions, provides jaw dropping “wow” moments that help children to understand the STEM concepts they’re exploring.

How the Magnet Wall Makes a Difference:

Explore Scientific Concepts & Get Instant Visual Feedback: Children explore systems, physics, and mechanisms as they engage with magnets. When a marble rolls down the rubber ramp path, there’s no hiding the law of physics. When it crashes at the bottom? That’s gravity in action.

Engineering in Action Produces Fail Proof Learning: Young learners explore structural and mechanical engineering concepts with immediate prototyping, which helps them immediately see what is and isn’t working. Seeing how the materials interact allows them to adjust their designs in seconds, producing more aha moments. And voila, they’re learning real-world STEM principles.

21st Century Skills in Action

The Magnet Wall and Ramp Sets not only support STEM learning but also help develop essential 21st-Century Learning & Innovation skills:

1. Creativity
   Children unleash their imagination, designing and creating unique systems. This open-ended exploration helps them with innovative thinking and problem-solving. 
2. Communication
   As children uncover new concepts, they also develop crucial language skills. You may hear them share their excitement—expanding their vocabulary and articulating their ideas. 
3. Critical Thinking
   Designing, testing, and making quick changes to their creations helps children develop critical thinking abilities. They learn to analyze results, identify issues, and devise solutions. Engage their thinking by asking “why did the marble speed up here?” or “how could we slow it down?”
4. Collaboration
   You’ll see organic teamwork on the Magnet Wall. Children share ideas and adjust their thinking and designs based on their classmates' feedback. And just like that, they’re also overcoming challenges.

Lightbulb Moments with STEM Learning

Watch as children discover gravity, motion, and magnetism while exploring STEM tools like the Magnet Wall and Ramp Sets:

Physics Concepts: Children don’t just learn about force, motion and energy, they feel it come alive through hands-on play.

Making Math Tangible: Simple angles transform into roller coasters for marbles and students light up at what makes things roll faster. Create a hill and hear them question “why did it stop”? Watch them build paths and zigzags across each surface–that’s spatial reasoning in real time.

Engineering Design Process: Watch little hands rearrange, test and perfect their creations–with each adjustment bringing fresh discoveries. This process of building, observing and refining doesn’t just create cool structures, it plants the seeds of engineering thinking,  where every “what if” question leads to deeper understanding.

Alignment with Educational Standards

These innovative learning tools align with key educational frameworks:

• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS): These activities support numerous NGSS standards across grade levels, from pre-k through fifth grade. 
• Crosscutting Concepts and Practices: Watch young learners set their next experiment in motion. Every problem solved leads to a new discovery and every unexpected result sparks fresh questions. Children are uncovering the patterns that connect their exploration – investigating how one action flows into a reaction.
  
  

Watch young minds light up by adding tools like the Magnet Wall and Ramp Sets into your environments. Each click of a magnetic connection and every ball set in motion sparks learning opportunities for children to develop crucial STEM skills. This isn't just about preparing for future science classes - it's about nurturing the natural curiosity that turns today's playful learners into tomorrow's innovative thinkers.