WAY beyond following instructions.
Our STEM Crates and challenges teach kids real-life problem solving.
Because our ADHD can't tolerate making boring stuff, and we refuse to grow up. You're welcome, kids.
Real engineering challenges in every Crate, written at age-appropriate levels for every stage of learning.
Have you ever heard a kid in school ask, "When am I ever going to use this?"
At Creator's Craft Crates, we combine real engineering challenges with practical application of science through our STEM Crates, Physics For Makers curriculum, and our free, virtual Creators Craft Challenges.
We start with something kids actually want to build — a car launcher, a bridge, a track, a real engineering challenge — and then teach the physics and engineering principles that make it work.
Instead of memorizing concepts for a test, students discover them because they need them.
That’s how real engineers learn.
We use a hybrid Project-Based Learning model:
Step 1: Give students a meaningful build challenge.
Step 2: Teach the science and math that makes them better builders.
When learning is tied to real physical experience, it sticks.
One 10-year-old in our bridge competition grasped moment of inertia — a college-level engineering concept — not because he was being graded, but because he wanted his bridge to be stronger.
That’s the difference.
(Pictured: Two of our students who are beta-testing the Physics For Makers: Grades 9-12 course. Our students are the ABSOLUTE BEST!)
Built For:
Take a look at some of the learning material that comes with the Bottle Blaster Crate.
Just a tiny bit of what you can find in our Physics For Makers: Grades 9-12 curriculum.
You can learn about my teaching philosophies by watching this episode of the OpenEd Podcast when I was a guest.
