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STEM Kits

Stop by any APLD location or search our catalog to learn more and place a hold today!

K’NEX Intro to Simple Machines:  Levers & Pulleys 

Kit contents on display with K'Nex pieces, books, and plastic case

This kit includes:

  • 178 K’NEX pieces 
  • Guidebook 
  • Book: The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay 
  • Plastic case, in a zippered carrying bag 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $82.00

K’NEX Imagine: Click & Construct Value Building Set 

Kit contents on display with K'Nex pieces and carrying bag

This kit includes:

  • 522 K’NEX pieces 
  • Guidebook 
  • Book: Engineering Made Simple: A Complete Guide in Ten Easy Lessons by Jonathan Berliner and Michael McRae 
  • Plastic case, in a zippered carrying bag 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $67.00

Lakeshore Fractions, Decimals, & Percents

Kit contents on display with fraction pieces and instructions

This kit includes:

  • 350 fraction, decimal, and percent pieces 
  • Instruction sheet 
  • Plastic carrying case 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $46.00

Guidebook

Additional resources: 

Lakeshore’s Physical Science Activity Labs—Electricity

Kit contents on display with batteries and wires

This kit includes:

  • Lightbulbs, bulb holders
  • “D” Batteries & battery holders
  • Alligator clips
  • Buzzers
  • Plastic combs
  • Sandpaper squares
  • Wooden stand
  • Experiment cards
  • Instruction sheets
  • Plastic carrying case
  • Book: DK FindOut! Energy by Emily Dodd

Replacement Cost of Kit: $98.00

Instructions:

Additional resources: 

Lakeshore’s Physical Science Activity Labs—Force & Motion

Kit contents on display with a ramp, marbles, and pulleys

This kit includes:

  • Ramp
  • Tumblers
  • Spring scales
  • Launchers 
  • Pulleys & pulley string
  • Jars
  • Marbles 
  • Pom-poms
  • Felt pieces 
  • Wooden stand 
  • Measuring tapes  
  • Experiment cards 
  • Teacher guide pages 
  • Plastic carrying case 
  • Book: A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $92.00

Lakeshore’s Physical Science Activity Labs—Simple Machines

Kit contents on display with wooden levers, wheels, and inclined planes

This kit includes:

  • Lever
  • Wheel & axel
  • Fixed & moving pulleys 
  • Inclined planes & landing base 
  • Weights 
  • Hooks, rubber bands, ruler 
  • Wood stand 
  • Experiment cards 
  • Instruction manual 
  • Plastic carrying case 
  • Book: Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel by Laura Perdew 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $96.00

Guidebook

Additional resources: 

Learning Resources Plastic Pattern Blocks

Kit contents with colorful plastic shapes

This kit includes:

  • Plastic pattern shapes 
  • Instruction manual 
  • Plastic carrying case 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $35.00

Stellarscope Star Locator

Kit contents with telescope, compass, and booklets

This kit includes:

  • Telescope 
  • North, South, Plus, Circle & Square attachments 
  • Red light keychain 
  • Instruction cards 
  • Plastic carrying case 
  • Book: Night Sky: Find Adventure! Go Outside! Have Fun! Be a Backyard Stargazer! by Howard Schneider 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $64.35

Guidebook

Additional resources: 

ThinkFun Math Dice

Kit contents with blue dice and travel bag

This kit includes:

  • Dice 
  • Addition and subtraction flash cards 
  • Instruction booklet and practice tables 
  • Travel bag in a plastic container 

Replacement Cost of Kit: $22.00

Guidebook

Additional resources: