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    Accu-Fixtures Set

    #26624
    $5.76

    Pitsco Education Accu-Fixtures Set is the best way to snap your project in place when using your Construction Caddy and Perf Insert. The small plastic pieces come in round and angular shapes to help your project stay in place while making the finishing touches.You’ll be impressed at how strong structures are when using these tools. Each set includes six 45/45/90-degree Accu-Angles, two 30/60/90-degree Accu-Angles, and six Accu-Cams.

    Cams require Perf Insert, sold separately.

    Balsa Bridges - Getting Started Package

    #23619
    $699.00

    Building model bridges from balsa or basswood is a great way to get students engaged in technology, science, and engineering principles. This Getting Started package includes materials for 25 students, testing equipment, and curriculum to get your classroom into bridge building.

    Bridgepak 10-Pack, Balsa Wood

    #35679
    $88.55

    Pitsco Education Bridgepak includes all the materials you need to complete an exciting bridge design and building activity. Packs are available for a class of 10 or a class of 25 with Balsa wood or basswood strips, individual bottles of colored Pitsco Structures Glue and The Pitsco Bridge Book, student guide sheets. Balsa wood strips are 1/8" x 1/8" x 24". Basswood strips are 3/32" x 3/32" x 24". Construction requires hobby knife or Timber Cutter, small clips, foam board, pins, and waxed paper, sold separately.

    Bridgepak 10-Pack, Basswood

    #35681
    $102.09

    Pitsco Education Bridgepak includes all the materials you need to complete an exciting bridge design and building activity. Packs are available for a class of 10 or a class of 25 with Balsa wood or basswood strips, individual bottles of colored Pitsco Structures Glue and The Pitsco Bridge Book, student guide sheets. Balsa wood strips are 1/8" x 1/8" x 24". Basswood strips are 3/32" x 3/32" x 24". Construction requires hobby knife or Timber Cutter, small clips, foam board, pins, and waxed paper, sold separately.

    Construction Caddy II

    #29254
    $217.04

    Pitsco Education Construction Caddy II is constructed of high-density polyethylene, which helps make it water resitant and extremely durable. It has a big work area – 18-3/4" x 9-3/8" – that holds a piece of foam board or the Pitsco Perf Insert. Tape a template to foam board and pin the pieces for convenient gluing. The foam board can be removed and stored, so the caddy can be used again quickly. The caddy holds pins, balsa wood sticks, glue, and more. Includes one piece of foam board.

    Balsa wood, glue, T-pins, Perf Insert, and Accu-Fixtures sold separately.

    Geosolids

    #35231
    $18.02

    Pitsco Education Geosolids ask student to use simple materials to build three-dimensional models of five geosolids, or regular polyhedra: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. The included activities have students note the number of vertices, edges, and faces of each structure, which is used to help them build the structure.

    Each kit includes 100 straws, 100 pipe cleaners, teacher instructions, and a student user guide.

    Lumberjack Cutter

    #36595
    $99.00

    Pitsco Education Lumberjack Cutter is a safe, precise way to cut your larger balsa wood pieces. Starting with a solid 8" x 14" base of MDF, the Lumberjack features a 12" built-in ruler and angles marked at 10-degree increments from 0 to 90 degrees – handy tools when building a detailed structure project. Metal bars block access to the blade to ensure safety during use. Cuts balsa wood up to 1/8" thick and 3/4" wide.

    Replacement blades sold separately. Please see price options below.

    Masterpiece Toothpick Bridges Class Pack

    #35689
    $115.30

    Pitsco Education Masterpiece Toothpick Bridges Class Pack includes a pint of colored Structures Glue, 30 two-ounce glue bottles, waxed paper, and 25,000 toothpicks. Your upper-elementary students will impress themselves and you after finishing one of the elaborate bridges from Masterpiece Toothpick Bridges. Give them everything they need to accomplish the construction with this class pack.

    Materials Deflection Tester

    #39211
    $484.68

    Pitsco Education Materials Deflection Tester brings accurate measurement to testing various materials. Want to know whether laminated balsa wood bends more or less than plain balsa wood? If aluminum bends more than steel? It’s easy with this tester.

    Just place the material in the clamp and on top of the metric dial indicator plunger, zero the indicator, place the desired weights on top, and read the amount of deflection on the dial. You can test materials using a point load and several support types including cantilever, fixed, simple, and roller, and you can move the weight to different areas of the materials, such as the center versus the middle.

    Tests material up to 1' L x 1-1/4" W x 3/4" H with a maximum deflection of 0.78". Comes with 500 grams of masses for testing. No assembly required.

    Precision Test Block - Bridges

    #24182
    $16.54

    Pitsco Education Precision Test Block - Bridges is an accurate test block for use with Science Olympiad bridge competitions.

    Straw Structures - Getting Started Package

    #35757
    $445.00

    Pitsco Education Straw Structures - Getting Started Package provides materials for up to 30 students. Structures start taking shape with this Getting Started package. Students explore structures and geometric shapes with instruction from Dr. Zoon and the Polyhedra Poster.

    The Pitsco Bridge Book

    #32455
    $0.69

    Timber Cutter

    #18818
    $49.00
    (0 In stock)

    Pitsco Education Timber Cutter is a helpful tool for cutting 1/8" wooden sticks. Recommended for bridge and tower building as well as other model projects. The see-through safety guard limits finger access to the blade.

    A single-edged razor blade provides a clean, accurate cut. Miter marks are molded into the base to use as a reference when making angle cuts. Five extra blades are included. Additional replacement blades sold separately.

    Timber Tester

    #18523
    $46.19

    Pitsco Education Timber Tester is best used for determining the best timbers to use for the most critical members of the bridge or tower, as well as the optimum way to orient the timbers to provide the maximum amount of load-bearing capacity for any structure. The unit is durable, with the main member of the unit constructed of rugged ABS plastic. The testing span is adjustable from 4 to 12 inches, and the scale provides readings from 0 to 7 units of load. We recommend one Timber Tester for every four to six “structural engineers.”

    Towerpak 10-Pack, Balsa Wood

    #35683
    $73.97

    Pitsco Education Towerpak is the most convenient and economical way to introduce an exciting tower activity to your entire class. It supplies your class with the materials it needs for the activity – wood building material (either balsa wood or basswood, your choice), colored Pitsco Structures Glue (the color makes it great for locating and judging joints), 25 tower design grid sheets, and 25 copies of the Student Guide to Model Tower Building. Requires hobby knife or Timber Cutter, foam board, structure pins, and waxed paper, sold separately.

    Not intended for use with the EQs Tremor Table.

    Towerpak 10-Pack, Basswood

    #35685
    $83.71

    Pitsco Education Towerpak is the most convenient and economical way to introduce an exciting tower activity to your entire class. It supplies your class with the materials it needs for the activity – wood building material (either balsa wood or basswood, your choice), colored Pitsco Structures Glue (the color makes it great for locating and judging joints), 25 tower design grid sheets, and 25 copies of the Student Guide to Model Tower Building. Requires hobby knife or Timber Cutter, foam board, structure pins, and waxed paper, sold separately.

    Not intended for use with the EQs Tremor Table.