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Studica’s March Madness Sale starts today!

Enjoy BIG SAVINGS on great items like colorful Pantone mugs, fischertechnik da Vinci kits, Movie Magic & Final Draft software, Leapster Explorer, Avid Pro Tools and much more! Shop and Save at Studica’s March Madness Sale! Continue reading

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Building ‘Out of the Box’ with fischertechnik

Kits are available that address many different areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education, from physics to pneumatics, robotics to renewable energies, as well as fundamentals of gears, structures, bracing, simple machines, and so much more. Continue reading

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Using fischertechnik in Your Classroom—Part 2:

While the above example relates to an engineering classroom, a similar challenge could be posed to students using any of the other fischertechnik sets. Students working with, for example, the da Vinci Machines set might be asked how an improvement could be made to his original design of the file cutting machine which might improve the safety of use, or students using the Oeco Tech and Hydro Cell kits Continue reading

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Using fischertechnik in Your Classroom—Part 1:

On top of this, fischertechnik is also ideal for developing many other skills and aptitudes that go across all subject areas…skills such as abstract thinking, developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, problem solving and team work. You can find out more about these areas, as well as an overview of the core educational products, the subjects they address, and the ITEA created “Standards for Technological Literacy” Continue reading

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