Thames & Kosmos 567011 User manual
Story and Instructions
› › › IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Dear Parents,
Engineering is an extremely exciting and vast field. This kit,
along with its illustrated storybook and instruction manual,
provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering
concepts to preschool-age kids.
Read the story with your child and build the simple boat
models that the main characters build in the story. Along their
journey, the characters must build different boats to solve
problems and complete tasks. As you follow the story, your
child can build models of the ten boats that appear in the
story with your help. The primary functional components of
the boat models are floating hull pieces. Your child will be
introduced to the scientific concepts of buoyancy,
displacement, volume, and weight while building the models.
They will also learn about different types of boats. Large,
colorful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to
put the models together.
The models are assembled step by step using a construction
system. It will require a little practice and patience at first.
Please assist your children when they need your help, but also
let them try to build the models by themselves. Your children
will be happy to have your help with the models or assembly
steps that pose particular difficulties.
We wish you and your child lots of fun building, discovering,
and learning!
Safety Information
WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts.
Not for children under 3 yrs.
››› Warning! Not suitable for children under 3
years. Choking hazard — small parts may be
swallowed or inhaled.
››› Keep the packaging and instructions as they
contain important information.
››› Store the experiment material and assembled
models out of the reach of small children.
››› Warning! Only to be used in water in which
the child is within its depth and under adult
supervision.
After completing an experiment, dry all parts
completely and return them to the box for
storage.
Story by
Dan Freitas and Ted McGuire
Illustrations by
Dan Freitas and Ashley Greenleaf
567011-02-140217
› › › KIT CONTENTS
What’s inside your kit:
Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off
No. Description Qty. Item No.
-hole panel 7330-W85-C1O
-hole rod 7330-W85-H1K
Dowel, cm 7268-W85-B1O
Dowel, cm 7330-W85-A1O
-hole end track 7330-W85-P1O
Flat triangle with peg 7330-W85-U1G
Convex block 880-W10-R1G4
Cube block 880-W10-A1YG
Cube block with peg 7331-W10-D3G1
Dowel block with side hole 7331-W10-M1G1
Dowel block with top hole 7331-W10-D1G1
Dowel connector 7331-W10-E1O1
Eye 7261-W85-A
Bow 7269-W10-A1B
Stern 7269-W10-A2B
Hull 7269-W10-B1B
GOOD TO KNOW !
If you are missing any
parts, please contact
Thames Kosmos
customer service.
4 cm 8 cmActual Length:
Boat Engineer
NOTE !
The two lengths of short dowels
can be difficult to tell apart in
the building instructions. They
are numbered in the instructions
so you know which one to use.
Ty and Karlie Omega are siblings. They live in a small city
called Makersville. Ty and Karlie’s dad is a writer. He writes
science fiction stories. Their mom is a mechanical engineer.
She designs big machines used in factories.
They live in an awesome warehouse filled with tools,
equipment, and building materials. There are
always a number of projects going on
in the warehouse.
Ty loves figuring out how
things work. Karlie loves
building things.
When Ty and Karlie were lile, Ms. O designed Huxley, a
robot that can build just about anything. For one of his first
projects Huxley converted Karlie’s teddy bear, Remus, into a
walking, talking science bear. Now Huxley and Remus are
like members of the Omega family.
Meet the
Omega
Family!
Huxley and Remus’ Unexpected Boat Adventure Begins . . .
On a sunny summer day, Ty, Karlie, and their parents took
a trip to the beach. Huxley and Remus decided to stay at
home. They wanted to surprise the kids by puing the
finishing touches on Ty and Karlie’s latest robotic creation:
Randy the Robot Fish.
“I think the robot fish is finished!” said Huxley triumphantly.
“Let’s bring him down to the river for a quick test swim.”
Remus and Huxley brought the fish down to the river near
their house, and gently placed Randy into the water for a
trial swim.
As soon as Randy hit the water, his mechanical fins started
flapping wildly. He dove under the surface of the water and
swam rapidly away from Huxley and Remus.
“Wow! That’s one fast fish,” cried Remus, “but I think he’s
malfunctioning. He’s not coming back. We need to help him!
And we need to get him home before Ty and Karlie get back.”
“Have no fear,” said Huxley, “I installed a tracker on the fish
for this very reason. He’s headed down the river toward the
swamp. Help me build a canoe and we will go pick him up.”
Done!
KIMMY THE CANOE
x
Huxley and Remus hurriedly built the
canoe.
“Hi, I’m Kimmy the Canoe. Grab your
paddles and let’s get going!”
A canoe is a long, narrow boat with two
pointed ends. The front of a boat is called
the bow and the back is called the stern.
A boat’s hull is heavier than water, but it does not sink.
Because of its shape, the boat displaces (or pushes
away) an amount of water greater than its own weight.
Therefore, it floats on the water.
Try floating the canoe model in a sink or tub filled with
water. Put heavy objects into the boat. What do you
notice about the height of the boat in the water when
you add more weight to the boat?
Boat Engineer
Huxley and Remus paddled down the river in the
canoe. They were able to follow Randy thanks to
Huxley’s handy fish tracker.
“According to the tracker, Randy swam into that
swamp,” Huxley said pointing ahead.
“Paddling through a swamp will be tough,” said
Remus. “Maybe we should build another type
of boat that can move through the swamp more
easily.”
“Great idea,” said Huxley. “Let’s build a swamp boat
with a fan that will push us across the surface of the
swamp!”
STEVIE THE SWAMP BOAT
Continued >>>
Boat Engineer
Boat Engineer
Done!
x
Boat Engineer
“Hi there fellas,” Stevie the Swamp Boat said
to Remus and Huxley. “I’m a special type of
fan-propelled boat called a swamp boat, or
airboat. I have a flat boom so I can glide over
shallow and marshy areas. And my propeller
doesn’t stick down into the water like on a
normal boat, so it can’t get caught in the mud
or swamp plants. Instead, my propeller spins
very fast like a fan and blows air backward.
The force of the air blowing backward pushes
me forward. And that’s how I glide across the
swamp. But don’t forget your earplugs — my
fan is really loud!”
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