Challenge kids to explore their community while learning essential STEAM skills with Xplorably's "Paper Circuits - My Community" kit. Perfect for schools, libraries, and group activities, this affordable STEAM kit encourages collaboration as children work together to build, color, and light up key community structures like houses, a fire station, a library, a school, a hospital, and a police station. By integrating LEDs, copper tape, and batteries, kids gain hands-on engineering experience in circuit-building while fostering teamwork and creativity.
In addition to circuit-building, this kit provides a fun way for kids to learn about maps and navigation. Using the included activity plan, children can cut out roads, street signs, and trees, then place paper circuit replicas of their house and other community buildings to recreate a model of their town. With the help of Google Earth, they can explore real locations, measure distances between points, and learn the meaning of longitude and latitude. This hands-on activity helps them understand the layout of their community, deepening their connection to their surroundings while building spatial awareness and navigation skills.
You can purchase each building individually or opt for the My Community set, which includes a customizable sign for your town center.
The My Community set comes with 10 pieces:
- 4 houses
- 1 fire station
- 1 hospital
- 1 library
- 1 police station
- 1 school
- 1 community sign
Paper Circuits - My Community
Grades 3-8
