{"product_id":"gears-gears-gears-build-and-bloom-flower-116-pieces","title":"Gears Gears Gears Build and Bloom Flower 116 Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003e116 pieces that build a garden and then turn\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColourful gears, flowers, stems, butterflies, bees and ladybugs. 116 pieces. $130.00.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gear set that looks like a garden gets picked up by children who walk past a gear set.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is not a small point - the engineering content is identical either way, and this version reaches the children who would not have chosen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat it actually teaches:\u003c\/strong\u003e that turning one gear turns the next, that adjacent gears turn in opposite directions, and that a small gear driving a big one goes slower. Children discover all three by building rather than being told, because the flowers visibly rotate at different speeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything is interchangeable\u003c\/strong\u003e, including with other Gears! Gears! Gears! sets - so a school that owns the Robot Factory can combine the two into something much larger than either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWiggly stems\u003c\/strong\u003e mean the garden is not flat. Height changes the mechanism as well as the look, which is where the design thinking starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplier does not publish an age rating for this set. The pieces are chunky construction parts; ask us if you need the manufacturer's rating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MTA Essentials","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793126383979,"sku":"EVLER9214D","price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/ler9214d_gears-gears-gears-build-bloom-flower_v1_2.webp?v=1788359993","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/gears-gears-gears-build-and-bloom-flower-116-pieces","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}