Technology Project Kits

Technology equipment for CAPS Grades 7 to 9, covering the practical side of the subject: structures, processing, and the mechanical and electrical systems that make a design actually work. Every kit here is built for a real Practical Assessment Task, not just a demonstration.

Shop by content area below to find working models, component packs and building kits that match what your learners are covering this term, from truss bridges to hydraulic cranes to basic circuits.

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A learner assembling a wooden crane model with a drill and hand tools on a workbench

What is CAPS Technology equipment?

Technology in the CAPS curriculum (Grades 7 to 9) has three content areas: Structures, Processing, and Systems and Control, the last split further into mechanical and electrical systems. A Practical Assessment Task asks learners to design, build, and test something against a real brief, not just follow a demonstration.

Every kit here is scoped to one of those content areas so it lines up with a specific PAT rather than being a generic craft project.

Common uses of CAPS Technology kits

One content area, one PAT, one kit.

  • Weights loaded on a wooden truss bridge model to test it

    Structures PAT

    Truss bridges and towers that get assembled and, in most cases, load tested against a stated brief.

  • A wooden model excavator arm on a classroom workbench

    Mechanical Systems PAT

    Syringe-powered hydraulic cranes and excavator arms that demonstrate force transferred through a fluid.

  • A circuit board with coloured wires and lit indicator lamps

    Electrical Systems PAT

    Battery-powered circuit boards wired to demonstrate one electrical principle at a time, within the GET band's 9V limit.

  • Finished wooden crane, tower and gear mechanism models on a classroom desk by a window

    Planning Across Grades

    Content areas rotate through the year, so most schools need kits from all three ranges across a Grade 7 to 9 term plan.

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