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Ugears STEM LAB Counter (Ugears UG-70130 | UG-70130)

Model: Ugears UG-70130
Dist. #: UG-70130   SKU: UG-70130

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Updated on Mar 28, 2024 02:25:33 AM

STEM LAB Counter...
Produce on your own an engineering marvel with the UGears STEM Laboratory Counter. This gadget counts repeated actions with a click button and round numbered equipments. You may see someone utilizing a gadget like this at evictions of a theme park or the entranceway of a theater to count the number of individuals going into. This sort of counter is also an essential part of the modern odometer, discovered in every automobile. Nevertheless, with this home-built model Counter, the limit to its uses is within your imagination.

The counter was very first created in ancient Greece by the mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria. The gadget is managed by a counter button on the top and a turn handle on the side. These turn the round equipments with the numbers 0 to 9 written on them. There are 3 equipments, so this counter can show any number from 0 to 999. The engineering marvel of the gadget, terrific for students to learn more about, is the Geneva drive that manages the equipments. When counting, the drive will increment the next gear when the previous reaches 9. When you need to reset the counter, you can do so by opening the front panel and resetting manually.

This model is rated trouble level easy and is terrific for ages 8 and up. It is also licensed by STEM.org as an authenticated academic item for helping students learn and develop 21st-century skills. For education purposes, the terrific feature of this model is that it can be made either with or without instructions. Provided instructions, creating a model like this is an excellent method to teach procedural direction following and how the machine works. Without instructions, putting together the model resembles fixing a puzzle, triggering critical thinking skills.

This model has lots of fun applications, as lots of as you can think of. You could count the number of actions it requires to receive from point A to point B. You could count the number of automobiles that pass in front of your house in an hour. You could keep the counter on your desk and increment the counter whenever a job is completed.

It is easy to construct this model right out of package. Given that the information are currently pre-cut, you can just press them out of the board with no sharp-cutting knives. No glue is essential either. If you would like to personalize your Counter, you can paint the wood and include additional imaginative fun to putting together the gadget. Whatever you need comes in package, so no additional trips to the hardware or craft shop are essential. Putting together the UGears STEM laboratory Counter and discovering its engineering could not be simpler. 

Design Size: 5.3 x 2.6 x 4.8 in
Plan size: 8.1 x 7.4 x 2.5 in
Number of parts: 157
Level: Easy
Assembly Time: 2 hours
Advised Age: 8+
Package weight: 1.12 pounds
Maker: UGears
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