Teacher Geek ~ TOS Review

 
Teacher Geek was created by a technology teacher that was used to customizing existing products to fit their needs.  Eventually they began designing and manufacturing their own custom components to give students the best educational experience possible.  Teacher Geek carries all kinds of products for the homeschool, such as electronic “bugs”, wind turbines, vehicles, hydraulics and more.  We received the Advanced Hydraulic Arm for our review.  This hydraulic arm is available for purchase from the Teacher Geek website for $16.18. 

I passed this product on to my son and husband, who find things like this right up their creative alleys.  They put the arm together in just an hour.   My son is almost 12, but definitely needed his dad’s help in putting together this product.  That’s okay though, because my husband had as much fun with it as my son did.  The best part was when they were actually able to use the arm after the project was complete.  This product teaches students about fluid mechanics, simple machines, and other design and engineering concepts.

One important note about this product is that it comes with a sharp tool, which my husband cut himself deeply with.  This product is intended to be used with adult supervision; as a learning tool.  It is not intended for your child to use on his own.  It is not intended to be used as a toy.  So, I suggest that you either supervise your child very closely, and participate with your child building this project, as you enjoy learning building it and learning together.

To learn more about this product, as well as other products Teacher Geek offers, please visit the website. 

Jodi
Disclosure:  *My honest review and opinion written in this post is entirely my own. This product was provided to me for free in exchange for my review as a member of the 2011-2012 The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Homeschool Crew. I was not further compensated in exchange for this review, other than receiving a free product.*