Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine Maker Super Stunts and Tricks Science STEM Toy

Super sweet stunts! Build your own gumball machines and learn physics lessons in the process. A turn of a handle dispenses one gumball at a time out of the clear storage globe and down the track. The gumballs land in a collection cup and can easily and sanitarily be returned to the globe for another run. As the gumballs roll down the track, they perform cool stunts and tricks. Stunts include a pulley lift, pendulum, funnel, trampoline, variable-slope ramp, pinball launcher, and domino slide. Trial-and-error experiments teach in a fun, hands-on way. Will your gumball successfully make it to the end of the track, or will you have to reengineer your gumball machine to make it work. The kit works with standard machine-size, 16-mm (5/8-inch) gumballs and includes a small supply of gumballs to get started.

Learn important mechanical physics lessons by building your own gumball machines. Gumballs perform cool stunts and tricks as they roll down the tracks. Combine and assemble the pieces into an almost limitless number of configurations.

• Build your own gumball machine with this science kit that’s part marble run, part roller coaster, part pinball machine
• Each segment of track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics, exploring topics such as simple machines, force, motion, momentum, gravity, Newton’s laws, energy transfer, and more
• Track segments are modular and can be easily moved around to create an almost limitless number of different gumball machines
• A Parents’ Choice Silver Award winner
• Skill Level: Novice