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About Play and Learn Engineering: Ed

1. Craft and build a sandwich machine to feed your hungry animal friends. • Track Tracer – Design and construct a roller coaster that takes your friends on a wild ride with lots of hills and loops. • Roller Adventure – Create a roller coaster track that goes up, down, and around obstacles. • Robo Builder – Build a tower by stacking boxes and testing simple physical science concepts. • Kitty Rescue – Can you create a tower high enough to help the kitty climb down from the tree? • Cavern Crawler – Problem solve using simple machines such as pulleys and levers to go around or remove obstacles and get through the cavern. • Lava Leaper – Don’t fall into the hot lava as you problem solve to avoid obstacles and reach the exit of the lava cave. • Explore each game!

2. Problem solve and test concepts to pass each level. • Parent Section - Get tips for activities and games that engage your child in STEM education. • Early learning activities encourage your preschooler to take their engineering design skills beyond the app. • Educational games for kids that were developed with early childhood experts.

3. The Play and Learn Engineering app is part of PBS KIDS’ ongoing commitment to helping kids build the skills they need to succeed in school and in life.

4. Learn STEM concepts with your child as they experiment with simple engineering tools while distance learning.

5. Kids explore and learn engineering concepts with games that grow with them.

6. The Play and Learn Engineering app was created as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS Ready To Learn Initiative with funding from the U. S. Department of Education.

7. The parent section is an award-winning tool that helps you guide your child’s learning both in and outside the app. • Sandwich Machine – Design and build a whimsical machine to move a sandwich from one place to another. • Animal Feeder – Spark your imagination!

8. Design and build to get familiar with basic engineering tools. • Learn and grow!

9. Our app empowers your preschooler to test engineering design concepts and solve problems on their own.

10. PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and digital media, as well as community-based programs.

11. Play engineering games and learn from home!

Play and Learn Engineering Customer Insights

1. Unable to useThis game is so fun and enjoying! I'm definitely loving it! Approved over all! Thanks 😊i don't like this game it freeze everytime i try to click the play button it doen't work it just freez for no reason.Half of the "games" are not working at all.

2. Of the 8 games, 2 work.It has a lot of learing game.It is good to teach you kids and a kid.I think that kids should learn how to build so that they can be a little smarter about it and so they can be stroger.

3. Its a pain pkaying these game knowing that I cant play kart kingdom anymore.

4. 💪🔨🔩🔧=🏢i love pbs but really pbs? why!!! why make the play button not even work, unexeptable, fix your dog poop game.

5. My Android device is a Hyundai.Although this game is very fun, I have to say I really miss kart kingdom I have no idea why they removed it.

6. The game is good, the graphics are better than the Kart Kingdom game.

7. Love the theory behind the games, just wish they all worked.Downloaded twice, when trying to play it would stop loading.

8. Only two games work properly--Sandwich Machine and Animal Feeder.

9. This game is amazing besides that.Running on a Lenovo tablet.

10. Kart kingdom was loved by many and Pbs kids is not the same without it.

11. 7 of 8 games work.

Steps to Troubleshoot & Fix Play and Learn Engineering Issues

1. Fix Play and Learn Engineering Not Working/Crashes/Errors/Unresponsive & Black/White screen:


  1. Restart Play and Learn Engineering: Restarting the app will resolve most errors.
  2. Update the Play and Learn Engineering App. Here is how:
    1. On Android goto PlayStore » Search for "Play and Learn Engineering" » Open Play and Learn Engineering: Ed » click "Update".
    2. On iPhone, goto AppStore » Your profile » Available Updates » Check for Play and Learn Engineering » click "UPDATE".
  3. Clear Play and Learn Engineering: Ed app cache: Clearing cached data will force your app to retrieve the latest data directly from Play and Learn Engineering servers.
    1. On Android, goto Settings » Apps » Select "Play and Learn Engineering: Ed" » click Storage » click "Clear Cache".
  4. Check Play and Learn Engineering app permissions. If any of these permissions required to use your device's features are disenabled, Play and Learn Engineering might not work.
  5. Uninstall and reinstall Play and Learn Engineering. If nothing else has worked, completely uninstall Play and Learn Engineering then reinstall.
  6. Restart your device. Last, restarting your device can often clear most problems causing Play and Learn Engineering not working


2. Fix Play and Learn Engineering Server issues & Internet Connection


  1. Check network connection: An unstable Internet will make Play and Learn Engineering be unable to connect to it's servers. Ensure your wi-fi is working then restart app.
  2. Disable VPN: VPN can cause connection errors and lead to Play and Learn Engineering not working. Make sure all VPNs are off
  3. Enable background data: When Background data is turned off, Play and Learn Engineering may not be able to connect to the Internet when running in the background.

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