Gear Drive Year 3 STEM Kit 5

Level: Intermediate

The Operation Gear Force Charlie 5 of 10 Gear Drive STEM kit is tailored for Year 3 homeschool students, educators, and parents aiming to enhance children’s learning. This kit comes in a drawer-style box with neatly arranged accessories and includes a workbook aligned with the Australian STEM curriculum. The workbook features a marking key to facilitate precise assessment, promoting a well-structured, curriculum-aligned learning journey that encourages skill development and practical exploration.

Included in your kit

• a sustainable wooden model for building
• a stopwatch to measure rotation time and compare speeds of different gear ratios
• a workbook containing
  • an engaging storyline
  • step-by-step building instructions
  • stimulating calculations, exercises, and questions to spark curiosity

Additional resources include a marking key, an Australian STEM curriculum alignment page, stickers and badges, a reusable cotton bag with anti-static properties for accessory storage and other electronic components, a paper ruler for hands-on measurements and investigations, all neatly stored in a drawer-style box designed for reuse and easy stacking with other kits in the series to keep your STEM Voyage organized.

Learning Outcome

Science

AC9S3I06 - Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate

Technologies and Engineering

AC9TDE4P01 – Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

AC9TDI4P02 – Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration

Mathematics

AC9M3N01 – Recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10 000

AC9M3N03 – Add and subtract two- and three-digit numbers using place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to assist in calculations without a calculator

AC9M3M03 – Recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time including days, hours, minutes and seconds to estimate and compare the duration of events

AC9M3M04 – Describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute

AC9M3M05 – Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angles with right angles in everyday situations