The Thingery

The Thingery is a “library of things” offering experience passes and equipment that provide opportunities for lifelong learning, creativity, and exploration.

Overdue fines: $1 per day for most items, $50 per day for passes.


 

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Penworthy STEAM to Go! Math Games Kit

blue tote bag with board games and card games

This math focused STEAM kit helps make math fun with two games to test children’s knowledge of addition, subtraction, and more.

Penworthy STEAM to Go! My Amazing Body Kit

steam kit with plastic brain model and anatomy book

From your head to your toes, the My Amazing Body kit is an introduction to anatomy and explains the important parts of your body. The hands-on manipulatives for the heart, brain, and skeleton will provide children an in-depth look into the human body and create an appreciation for everything their bodies can do.

Puzzle: Beneath the Waves

beneath the waves forty eight piece floor puzzle

Ocean-themed floor puzzle includes 48 pieces that display a beautiful ocean life scene. It measures 4 feet long. After completing the puzzle, use the picture key on the enclosed puzzle picture to find all 78 Search & Find sea animals.

Puzzle: Dinosaurs

dinosaurs forty eight piece floor puzzle

This dinosaur-themed floor puzzle stretches 4 feet long and brings prehistoric scenes to life through hands-on, oversized puzzle fun.

Puzzle: Solar System

solar system forty eight piece floor puzzle

The 48-piece Solar System floor puzzle for kids features beautiful original artwork that replicates a realistic space scene with planets, stars, the sun, and meteors. When fully assembled it measures 2 x 3 feet.

Robot Engineer

plastic colored game pieces

This 53-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated storybook, provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts and skills to preschool-age kids.

Rock Tumbler

rock tumbler with packages of grit and a sifter

Polish everyday rocks into dazzling gemstones. Enhance your rock collection, or, start a new one! The National Geographic professional rock tumbler makes all rocks look like professionally polished stones. Note: Due to the length of time required to complete a polishing project, this kit checks out for 2 weeks with the possibility of 1 renewal.

Simple Machines

red and blue plastic square shaped game pieces

Experiment and discover basic simple machines by first building the five models and then changing the variables to learn how machines make work and effort easier.

Smart Globe

plastic globe with base

This interactive globe comes with 3 activity panels, including a local map, and explores the world through 19 learning activities. Learn about topics ranging from continents, countries, and capitals, to population and currency.

Snap Circuits Jr.

game box displaying snap circuits game

Build more than 100 exciting projects! All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease. Just follow the colorful pictures in the manual and build many exciting projects and enjoy hours of educational fun.

Snap Circuits Light

box featuring contents of snap circuits light

Elenco®’s Snap Circuits® makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build over 175 exciting projects. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease.

Snap Circuits Myhome

game box displaying creation made with pieces

Elenco®’s Snap Circuits® makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build over 50 exciting projects. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease.

Snapino

game box displaying snapino pieces

Snapino combines snap circuits with Arduino technology, allowing users to create 20 hands-on projects that introduce electronics, logic, and coding concepts.

STEAM To Go! Let's Learn Sign Language Kit

kit with sign language learning games and educational books

Learn American Sign Language with fun and interactive activities. The Let’s Learn Sign Language and Webber Sign Language Cards feature fingerspelling and hand positions for essential words, helping you build your ASL vocabulary. For hands-on practice, Uncle Goose American Sign Language Blocks showcase ASL symbols and letters, perfect for mastering fingerspelling.

STEAM To Go! Let's Learn Spanish

kit with different spanish learning games and books

Learning a new language takes practice, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. With Spanish Reading Rods, strengthen word recognition and language skills through hands-on-play. Spanish Flash Cards and Bingo offer a playful way to build language confidence.

Turning Tumble

game box displaying someone playing turning tumble

Turing Tumble is a revolutionary new game where players build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles. Turing Tumble offers students the opportunity to peek under the hood of computers and discover how they work.