Hi all,
Perhaps the best construction set I can think of for the upper elementary to middle school level is the LEGO Mindstorms kit. It involves programming, engineering, building, planning, all the things put together in one easy to use package. I don't often say this about a commercial product, but I think LEGO pulled it off on this one. The kit costs a little over $200 and they've sold over 250,000 of the kits. We use them here in Maine, both in curriculum, and after school programs. The kits come with 700 pieces of what I call "engineering" LEGOs. Not just bricks, and not those terrible 'use them once to build a Star Wars Proton Sled' or such narrow kits.
Give them a try, kids and adults both love em.
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Hi all, Perhaps the best construction set I can think of for the upper elementary to middle school level is the LEGO Mindstorms kit. It involves programming, engineering, building, planning, all the things put together in one easy to use package. I don't often say this about a commercial product, but I think LEGO pulled it off on this one. The kit costs a little over $200 and they've sold over 250,000 of the kits. We use them here in Maine, both in curriculum, and after school programs. The kits come with 700 pieces of what I call "engineering" LEGOs. Not just bricks, and not those terrible 'use them once to build a Star Wars Proton Sled' or such narrow kits. Give them a try, kids and adults both love em.