What Is GIM ?
Gears In Motion (GIM) is a hands-on educational activity for elementary students that teaches collaboration, simple machines, and the assembly of parts. GIM begins by introducing gears to the students; they then work as a team to assemble their GIM robots from colorful, 3D-printed parts. After the activity, each participant to take home a GIM robot to keep as a toy.
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What does it mean to "Turn Togther"?
GIM is all about teamwork and how every person contributes something. We created the phrase "Turn Together" as both a witty pun and as a way to explain teamwork in an easy-to-understand way. When we are presenting to the kids, we make sure to emphasize this more than anything, so that the message we are sending is received by all. By creating a catchphrase, we also make ourselves recognizable. Many times, we have heard from students that they love their toys and had a lot of fun building them, but often we hear that the kids are better at teamwork after they participate in our program.