Description
Explore a captivating digital playground in this tantalizing puzzle game! Children manipulate gears, chains, rods, and pulleys, to pull themselves through each level, which teaches them how different mechanisms affect one another when constructing a machine. Each reasoning challenge was carefully designed to adhere to the theories of educational technology pioneer, mathematician, computer scientist, and designer of the first programming language for children, Seymour Papert.
FEATURES
• No rules
• No explicit instructions
• Kid-Friendly Design
• Powerful Artificial Intelligence
• Seamless Interaction
• Multiple Language Support
• Crash Resistant Design
• Bold, bright colours
• Automatic Memory
• Special mode for children with CVI
What our testers said
“This is a great game!” – Girl aged 5
“So you have to turn it, then you put it on.” – Boy aged 5
What our experts think
Boys and girls alike absolutely loved solving the Crazy Gears puzzles! They were keen to reach the next level, and you could see the gears grinding in their own heads as they worked to figure out solutions. As they progressed through the game, the increasingly difficult levels meant that the children continued to be challenged, and were able to build on their knowledge at each stage (for example, learning to connect a rotating gear to a stationary gear, in order to make the second one turn).
It was great seeing children practice their problem solving skills by experimenting with the wheels, chains, gears, and pulleys, to work out the puzzles. This also helps give children an understanding of how these mechanisms work, which are useful principles in Science and technology. We were equally delighted to see how much this appealed to both boys and girls.
Skills developed
– Teaches children how mechanisms work: including gears, chains, rods and pulleys
– A great opportunity for children to practice problem solving
– Increasingly difficult levels help children build on their knowledge
