Structure Pack

Title: Structure Pack
Subtitle: Engineering & Design Module - Ages 5+
Release Date: 01/01/25
Type: STEAM Academy
Brand: Albert Whitman,Rebel Girls,Smithsonian,Studio Pango
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity.

STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day.
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Carl the Super Truck Roadworks: Dig, Drill & Build (App)
Super Truck to the Rescue! Dig, smash, drill, repair, and create new paths with Carl the Super Truck to help his friends find their way through Car City’s construction site! Go to Carl’s secret base and watch him transform into an excavator, a crane, a bulldozer or a drill truck! Then drive in Car City with the different construction vehicles, discover many activities & games and help Carl’s friends find their way! - Have fun with the excavator and repair pipes & gutters - Use the crane to take down ruins and build new houses - Put together bridges and clear out the roads from the dirt with the bulldozer - Play with the drilling machine to smash rocks, make tunnels and protect your friends from landslides Down the road, you’ll find cones, shovels, tool boxes, hammers, construction plans… and fun mini-games! Clean muddy vehicles at the car wash, dress them up at the paint shop and take over the food truck to make your own pizza! Meet Tom the Tow Truck and all his frie

Fox Factory (App)
Discover programming with Fox and his magic truck. A terrible storm has destroyed everything! Help Fox rebuild it all. ASSEMBLE simple instruction blocks: CUT, ROTATE, PAINT, PASTE... CREATE production lines to make the tangram parts needed for repairs. Set in the colorful world of Pango, Fox Factory teaches the basics of coding and logic in a fun way. The goal is simple and the difficulty level adapts and increases to help you learn at your own pace. Use your IMAGINATION with PANGO! Find out more at: http://www.studio-pango.com FEATURES - Learn programming logic. - Over 70 entertaining challenges - 4 universes - For ages 7 and up - Increasing difficulty for learning at your own pace - No stress, no time limit, no competition - A simple, effective app - Internal parental controls - No in-game purchases and no invasive advertising

Goldilocks and the Three Engineers (app)
These three bears help inventor Goldilocks in this quirky fairytale.

Kids Draw with Shapes (App)
The classic pattern blocks games which we've all loved as kids have morphed into a fun touch screen app. With the “Kids Draw with Shapes” app, children can make creative images using only ten basic shapes, which come in seven different colors. There are two modes in this game - children can either choose to design free-style, or using a template. There are 5 templates in each of the following ten categories: Both lite and paid versions: - Aircraft Paid version only: - Animals - Birds - Dessert - Food - Kitchen - Plants - Ships - Transportation - Underwater Children can save and view their artwork in the app’s Gallery.

Landscape Architect (app)
Meet Matt, a landscape architect! As part of his "unZOOsual" career, Matt uses science, technology, engineering, art, and math to design the outdoor spaces at the Zoo. Learn more about the creativity and curiosity it takes to be a landscape architect!

Lilian Bland (app)
For this Rebel Girl, the sky was the limit. An aviator who was determined to fly into the history books as the first woman to design, build and pilot her own plane. We explore who Lilian Bland was. Based on the best-selling book series 'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls'.

Make a Model of Your House from Above Craft Activity (app)
Join Museum Educator Ann Caspari to make a model of your own house using recycled materials and then pretend to fly over to get an aerial view.

Make An Egg Carton Helicopter Craft Activity (app)
Join Museum Educator Ann Caspari to make a helicopter toy from an egg carton.

Make Your Own Cardboard Cockpit Craft Activity (app)
You are the pilot! Join museum educator Ann Caspari as she demonstrates how to make a realistic looking play airplane cockpit out of cardboard and jar lids.

My Pretend Construction (App)
Do you love my pretend airport, my pretend preschool, and my pretend nature? Do you love pretend play games, including Halloween and more? Then you will LOVE My Pretend Construction Workers - Kids Little Builders Games FREE Have you always wanted to wanted to work with Tall cranes, lifting heavy stuff, bulldozing dirt, and demolishing old buildings? Do you love Construction Tools like the Jackhammer, drill, hammer and more? Get ready to explore a huge Construction site with trucks, bulldozers, demolishing balls, and more! Demolish old buildings, and rebuild! Pave the road with the cement truck and steam roller! Climb tall cranes, grab a bite to eat, and lift heavy planks with the crane! Step inside the new construction homes, and set up windows, dry-wall and more! Paint up the dry-wall, place the pipes in, and build the rest of the bricks! So much to do in my pretend construction - keeps little hands busy and engaged with fun and varying tasks!

Top Brick Tower (app)
Top Brick Tower game helps improve understanding of physics in a fun and interactive way, as well as master building skills step by step, level by level. The game's mechanics challenge players to carefully place cubes on top of each other, ensuring stability and preventing cubes from falling while trying to build the tallest tower. The physics-based gameplay requires strategic thinking and precision. The game boasts a fun graphics style that enhances the overall visual appeal. Top Brick Tower will resonate with users seeking an exciting and engaging building challenge due to a combination of addictive gameplay, multiplayer competition, and visual appeal.

Xander English Build & Break (App)
Xander Build & Break is an educational app for young children to learn about shapes and symmetry. Age appropriate, curriculum based, construction and drawing activities support early learning. This app is interactive, fun and user-friendly, caregivers will intuitively be able to assist curious young children to explore a variety of activities. Xander, the lovable narrator, guides your child through a range of learn-through-play edutainment to support accelerated learning. Valuable skills like space awareness, orientation, knowledge of shapes and symmetry are gained in the process to prepare young children for school readiness. Learning has never been this addictive. Features: Prescribed grade appropriate activities, Space awareness, orientation, and symmetry skills, Shapes and construction, Improve fine motor skills and problem solving, Develop confidence through acquiring skills for school readiness. Games: Build the shape, Complete the picture, Copy the pi