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Toy Repair Hospital

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Grades K-230-45 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Young toy doctors diagnose why a favorite toy stopped working and carefully take it apart to find the fix. It's a hands-on way to build mechanical curiosity and patience without needing any special tools.

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Prep: 14 minActivity: 35 min1 session~$2/groupOne table or clear floor areaBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather only common or recycled items needed to carefully open the toy's casing and identify each part inside, sorting screws and pieces on a tray. Place the materials beside a simple recording sheet or blank paper, and prepare the Toy Repair Hospital challenge in one working area; no digital device is needed.

Activity

  1. Examine a broken toy with a patient and predict what part might be causing the problem.
  2. Carefully open the toy's casing and identify each part inside, sorting screws and pieces on a tray.
  3. Discover that a part is missing, bent, or different than expected, and improvise a fix using tape or a rubber band.
  4. Discharge the patient with a full demonstration for the toy's owner, explaining what was wrong and how it was fixed.

Done when: The learner completes Toy Repair Hospital after carrying out this core test: Discover that a part is missing, bent, or different than expected, and improvise a fix using tape or a rubber band. The learner then uses that result to complete the final task: Discharge the patient with a full demonstration for the toy's owner, explaining what was wrong and how it was fixed.

Materials

Broken toys, a kid-safe screwdriver set, rubber bands, tape, a magnifying glass

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Steps

  1. Examine a broken toy with a patient and predict what part might be causing the problem.
  2. Carefully open the toy's casing and identify each part inside, sorting screws and pieces on a tray.
  3. Discover that a part is missing, bent, or different than expected, and improvise a fix using tape or a rubber band.
  4. Discharge the patient with a full demonstration for the toy's owner, explaining what was wrong and how it was fixed.

Standards it satisfies

  • NGSS · 2-PS1-3

    Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.