Torque & Twist Crate

Build mousetrap cars, spinning tops, and your own inventions. Explore torque, rotational motion, mechanical advantage, and real engineering design. 

STUDENTS WILL LEARN & EXPERIMENT WITH:

• Torque & Mechanical Advantage — explore how lever arm length, axle diameter, and wheel size change force and speed
• Work, Force & Distance Tradeoffs — understand why you can’t get “free energy,” only different force‑distance combinations
• Rotational Inertia — test how mass placement affects how long a spinning top stays upright
• Gyroscopic Stability — observe why fast‑spinning tops resist tipping
• Friction & Surface Effects — compare how different surfaces affect motion, traction, and performance
• Design Thinking — build, test, analyze, and improve designs for specific challenges
• Maker Mindset — use extra parts to invent catapults, trebuchets, battle‑top arenas, or your own creations

Mini‑lessons are adapted for each academic level (K–12) so siblings can learn together with age‑appropriate challenges.

MORE REASONS YOU'LL LOVE THIS KIT

• Learning Material is Adapted for All Ages — from Kindergarten through high school, so siblings can learn together with the same kit!
• Endlessly customizable — change wheels, mass, lever arm length, axle diameter, and drive direction
• Four performance challenges — distance, speed, hill‑climb, and towing
• Perfect for engineering‑minded kids — encourages iteration, testing, and optimization
• Supports creativity — build tops, battle arenas, catapults, trebuchets, or your own inventions
• Stores neatly — designed to fit back into the original box

WHAT’S INSIDE:

• Mousetrap Car Components
  
  • 14 Nuts
  • 2 Rubber Bands
  • 1 String
  • 1 Mouse Trap
  • 2 Mouse Trap Holders
  • 1 Lever Holder
  • 1 Axel Pulley
  • 4 Axel Holders
  • 4 Collet Bolts
  • (Qty. 3) 12" Dowels
  • (Qty. 2) 6" Dowels
  • 2 Drive Wheels
  • 2 Free Wheels
  • 2 Wrenches
• Trailer Components 
  • 1 Trailer Frame
  • 1 String
  • 4 Free Wheels
• Spinning Top Components
  • 2 Nuts
  • 2 Collet Bolts
  • (Qty. 2) 6" Dowels
• Assembly Instructions & Video Guides — highly visual and easy to follow
• Physics Learning Activities — K–12 adapted lessons for mousetrap cars, spinning tops, and engineering challenges

See the Torque & Twist Crate in action on our YouTube channel, @creators_craft_crates

Designed & Made in the USA
By Our Family For Your Family