{"title":"Structures","description":"\u003cp\u003eStructures kits for CAPS Technology, Grades 7 to 9. These cover the design and building side of the Structures content area: trusses, frames, arches and towers that a learner assembles and tests against a load or a brief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStock ranges from a full arched truss bridge to a braced lattice tower, each scoped to a specific PAT brief rather than a generic model kit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cellphone-tower-school-project-kit","title":"Cellphone Tower School Project Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lattice masts on every hill and rooftop in the country, built at desk scale. This cellphone tower project has cross-braced legs, a tapered body and antenna arms at the top, cut from timber and assembled on a base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat your learner works with\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA braced lattice frame, built from triangles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegs that have to be set true or the mast leans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntenna arms at the head of the tower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA base wide enough to keep a tall, light structure standing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovers Structures in CAPS Technology, Grades 7 to 9. If you want it to light up, add the blinking light circuit kit, sold separately as a circuit only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaser-cut MDF lattice tower components and base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden dowel antenna arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's not included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLighting circuit (sold separately)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SmartLabs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48675981787289,"sku":"6009703025673","price":132.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/3584\/1945\/files\/38c4921716d2c26305dffac6dc59eb38.png?v=1787562377"},{"product_id":"bridge-set-school-project-kit","title":"Bridge Set School Project Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe big one in the range. This arched truss bridge model has a full deck and railings, cut from timber and assembled span by span. There are a lot of parts in it and it takes a while, which is exactly why it marks well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat your learner works with\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA truss built almost entirely from triangles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn arch carrying load out to the abutments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA deck that has to stay straight across the span\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailings and detail work, where the neatness marks sit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovers Structures in CAPS Technology, Grades 7 to 9. At R160 it's the most substantial structures kit we stock, and it's the one to point a learner at when the brief says the bridge has to carry a measured load.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaser-cut MDF component set for the arch, truss, deck and railings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated instruction card showing the assembled bridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's not included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SmartLabs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48679230701721,"sku":"6009703026182","price":160.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/3584\/1945\/files\/bb897c14e8aa57eea8c2dc8ac6bb13be.png?v=1787562855"},{"product_id":"mine-shaft-headgear-school-project-kit","title":"Mine Shaft Headgear School Project Kit with Working Winder","description":"\u003cp\u003eMine headgear is the structure standing over the shaft on every gold mine on the Reef, and this kit builds one that works. A braced tower on a base board, a winding drum with a crank at the bottom, string running up over the top of the tower, and a cage that rides up and down the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn the handle and the cage comes up. That's the whole point, and it's why this build tends to mark better than a static model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat your learner works with\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA braced frame tower with X bracing on every face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA winding drum and crank, so the model covers a mechanism as well as a structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eString running over the head of the tower to lift the cage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA cage that has to run free in the shaft without catching on the bracing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal friction to solve, because a drum that binds won't lift anything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt covers Structures and Mechanical Systems and Control in CAPS Technology, Grades 7 to 9, and it's one of the most commonly set PAT briefs in the country. 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