K'NEX challenges can be used as an enjoyable way of providing hands-on history projects to pupils, by asking them to design and build structures and mechanisms from different periods of history, including:
♦ Castles
♦ Windmills (see photo)
♦ Waterwheels
♦ Bridges
♦ Railways
♦ Cranes
♦ Piers
♦ Lighthouses
♦ Mangonels and catapults
♦ Helmets and armour
♦ Swords and shields
A case study of a Medieval Fayre involving 10 K'NEX historical challenges is included on the Family Learning page.