Ugears STEM LAB Counter

Produce for yourself an engineering marvel with the UGears STEM Laboratory Counter. This gadget counts repeated actions with a click button and round numbered gears. You might see someone using a device like this at the gates of a theme park or the entrance of a theater to count the variety of individuals getting in. This sort of counter is also an important part of the modern-day odometer, discovered in every car. However, with this home-built design Counter, the limit to its uses is within your imagination.

The counter was first developed in ancient Greece by the mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria. The gadget is controlled by a counter button on the top and a turn handle on the side. These rotate the round gears with the numbers 0 to 9 written on them. There are three gears, so this counter can show any number from 0 to 999. The engineering marvel of the gadget, fantastic for students to find out about, is the Geneva drive that manages the gears. When counting, the drive will increment the next equipment 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 design is ranked difficulty level easy and is fantastic for ages 8 and up. It is also certified by STEM.org as a verified educational item for helping students discover and establish 21st-century skills. For education functions, the fantastic feature of this design is that it can be made either with or without directions. Offered directions, assembling a design like this is a fantastic method to teach procedural instructions following and how the maker works. Without directions, putting together the design is like resolving a puzzle, triggering crucial believing skills.

This design has plenty of enjoyable applications, as many as you can think about. You could count how many steps it requires to get from point A to point B. You could count the variety of cars that pass in front of your house in an hour. You could keep the counter on your desk and increment the counter whenever a task is completed.

It is easy to construct this design right out of the box. Considering that the details are already pre-cut, you can simply push them out of the board with no sharp-cutting knives. No glue is essential either. If you want to individualize your Counter, you can paint the wood and include additional innovative enjoyable to putting together the gadget. Everything you need can be found in the box, so no extra trips to the hardware or craft shop are essential. Assembling the UGears STEM LAB Counter and discovering its engineering could not be easier. 

Design Size: 5.3 x 2.6 x 4.8 in
Plan size: 8.1 x 7.4 x 2.5 in
Variety of parts: 157
Level: Easy
Assembly Time: 2 hours
Recommended Age: 8+
Set weight: 1.12 lbs
Maker: UGears