原文: The main reason I remove a star is because of the price.
I am a big "stem" learning guy. I volunteer coach competitive robotics teams for kids as young as 8. I have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't.
1) This zoo set is priced a bit high. For $80-$90 t
here are a LOT of STEM activities you can buy in the form of science kits, robot parts, etc.
2) The age range on this is 6-15, which has to be a joke. The only way older kids are going to be involved in this is if they are teaching/showing younger kids, and that doesn't really count. I am teaching 14 year olds to write code in Java and solder, and they pick it up very well. I would not bring in zoobs.
3) most 6 year olds are not going to be able to follow the instructions on their own. This set is really better for the 8-10 crowd.
Ultimately, I think that ZOOBs could have published these cards on their own, or as an app that parents download, and let people use their existing zoobs with them. I agree that some thought and effort went into creating the "challenges" on the cards, but I really doubt that any kid is going to go through ALL 35 challenges on their own without any supervision. As soon as you want to involve supervision, there are a lot of other products out there that they could be a part of.
The zoobs are fun to play with and put together.
Bottom line: In my 5 years as a robotics coach participating in a wide range of STEM training, I don't think that it makes a very good STEM challenge set. Why? I think that the Zoobz STEM challenge is a conflicted product. The basic product is more appealing to the very young, while the challenges and stem activities are more appealing to an older group than the base product. However, if you are willing to participate with your younger child it can work out.
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译文:
我移除一颗星的主要原因是价格。
我是一个有学问的人。我志愿为年轻8岁的孩子们提供有竞争力的机器人团队。我很清楚什么是有效的,什么不是。1)这个玩具价格有点高。80美元到90美元,你可以通过安装科学工具包、机器人零件等一些活动来购买很多STEM活动。2)年龄范围是6到15岁,这是一个笑话。年龄较大的孩子要参与其中的唯一方法是他们要教导一些较年轻的孩子,这并不重要。我教14岁的孩子用Java和焊锡编写代码,他们很好地把它组装起来。我不会带这个玩具来的。3)大多数6岁的孩子都不能按照自己的指示去做一些事情。这套玩具对8-10岁年龄层次的人来说真的更好。
最终,我认为ZOOBs可以自己发布这些卡片,或者可以让父母下载一些应用程序,让人们使用他们现有的东西是很有意义的。我同意一些想法和努力可以去去对抗纸牌上的“挑战”,但我真的怀疑任何一个孩子都会在没有任何监督的情况下独自经历这35个挑战。一旦你想参与监管,有很多其他产品,可能会成变了味。zoobs玩起来很有趣。
底线:在我担任机器人教练的5年里,他参加了广泛的STEM训练,我不认为这是一个很好的挑战设置。为什么?我认为Zoopz STEM挑战是一个有争议的产品。基本产品对年轻人更具吸引力,相比于基础产品而言,挑战和STEM活动对老年人更具吸引力。然而,如果你愿意和你的孩子一起参与,问题就迎刃而解了。