Kaleidoscopes Guide

$10.00

TEACHING GUIDE
Craft cool toys while investigating exciting optical inventions. Create delightful pattern wheels and reflective mirrors. Then explore simple machines to activate spinning creations. We’ve included 2 versions to scale for different ages and experience levels. Use our snap together cardboard tubes for younger makers. Or, design your own custom tubes with our templates for a deeper engineering challenge.

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When you order this Guide, you’ll get a PDF one-sheet with a link and password to our Leader Portal. There you’ll find amazing digital resources for easy planning & implementation.

Ages: K-8th Grade; Adult Makers
Time: 90 min-2 hours total (Chunk out in phases)
Link & Password to Leader Webpage
Supply Planners & Ordering Links
PDF Templates & Handouts
Video Tutorials
Slideshow Instructions
Simple & Complex Versions
Curricular Integrations
Scaling & Scaffolding Ideas
Trouble-Shooting Tips
Samples of Student Work
Common Core & NGSS Standards
Individual Program License
Engineering
Simple Machines
Design Process
Visual Art
Optics