Locked at the Bridge: Engineering and Simple Machines Adventure Kit

⚙️ Locked at the Bridge

Gearlings • Engineering and Simple Machines Adventure Kit
(Tower Bridge)

🚨 ADVENTURER DISPATCH

The bridge has stopped moving.

Inside one of the most famous mechanical structures in the world, systems have locked into place. Gears are jammed. Loads are unbalanced. Machines designed to work together are out of sync.

Standard operators cannot release the mechanisms.

You have been selected.

You are one of the only explorers trained to understand how machines reduce effort, transfer force, and solve real world problems. Every lever matters. Every gear tooth counts.

There is no manual release.
There is no override switch.

To unlock the bridge, you must think like an engineer.

Your mission begins now.

🌍 A REAL PLACE WHERE ENGINEERING MOVES THE WORLD

This adventure is inspired by Tower Bridge, an engineering landmark powered by gears, pulleys, levers, and balanced forces. Its moving roadway depends on simple machines working in perfect coordination. The location is real. The mechanics are legendary. The science is real.

🔍 REAL MYSTERY DIG

✔ Real Mystery Dig
Each adventure pack includes a hands on excavation dig. Adventurers carefully excavate the dig to uncover a real specimen hidden inside. Once discovered, the specimen is identified, examined, and logged as part of the global mission to discover, identify, and collect every missing dig.

Every dig is different.
Collect them all.

📦 WHAT’S INSIDE THE ADVENTURE PACK

✔ 9 Gearlings Adventure Cards
Nine mechanical zones where simple machines and engineering challenges drive the mission forward.

✔ 9 Gearlings Characters
Gearlings are machine builders, problem solvers, and system designers. Each one represents a core engineering concept.

✔ Real Mystery Dig Excavation
A physical dig used during the adventure to uncover and examine a real specimen.

✔ Escape Style Engineering Gameplay
Balance loads, unlock mechanisms, solve challenges, and restore motion.

✔ Built for Home or Classroom
Perfect for at home adventurers, STEM enrichment, homeschool science, and classroom exploration.

🧠 SCIENCE TOPICS COVERED

This adventure delivers a complete Engineering and Simple Machines learning experience:

• Gears and motion
• Inclined planes and force
• Engineering design
• Simple machines
• Pulleys and work
• Levers and balance
• Wheel and axle
• Engineering solutions
• Engineering mastery

🎯 WHY THIS ADVENTURE HITS

Kids feel capable.
Learning feels mechanical.
Problem solving drives progress.
Collection fuels confidence.

Turn the gears.
Log the dig.
Unlock the bridge.