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Your cart is empty.Pack includes 12 orange plastic SAFE-T compasses. Perform all the functions of a standard compass without the dangerous points. 6-inch compass can draw circles from .25 to 10 inches in diameter. Straight-edge sides feature standard and metric scales. Direct view of vertex points allows for easier and more accurate angle construction. For over 50 years, hand2mind has encouraged hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. Hand2mind specializes in math manipulatives designed to help students learn by doing. Particularly with learning shapes, hand2mind has you set with geometry sets, compasses for geometry, protractors, rulers and all necessary school supplies. From early math to middle school math, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and the world around us. Through hands-on exploration and discovery we strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education and more!
B. Schaefer
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
Great tool for students to make circles and mandalas.
Hb
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024
I teach in a public school, and our school's supply set of compasses were the traditional kind and were ALWAYS coming loose and having to be rescrewed. Replacing them with these made teaching constructions SO much easier.On the instructional side of using these, it helps to instruct/allow kids to mark their radius measurement's place with a dry erase marker as they're constructing. (Black dry erase markers will erase anywhere off of the colored body of the compass because it's smooth. But you'll want to just have them count and remember the hole number on the white part, since that's not erasable.)
Cesar M Hernandez
Reviewed in Mexico on June 24, 2023
Frágil para el uso de niños menores de 10 años
05eksbee
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
I fell in love with these things in school in the 90's. I still have my original one from school all the way back then -- who knows, I might have even stolen it from class... Shh! But only because I loved using it so much. And it still works, even though most of the markings have rubbed off, the center grommet fell out ages ago, and its color has faded. These things are so easy to use and actually fun, especially for geometry since you can always get back to the same size hole any time and get consistently-sized circles. I never understood why people like classic compasses with the sharp needle point, they leave holes in your paper!So one day I wondered if these things were still being sold... and to my surprise, they were! And not just one, but a twelve pack?! I actually said out loud, SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! Love these things.
Rogue
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019
These offer a significant improvement over the metal pointy ones, as most students today are not familiar with using standard math compass (some of them even laughed at me when I called those a math compass). There was a little bit of a learning curve and I think these could be a little more accurate, but they definitely don't break as easily as the metal math compasses. Happy with the purchase and will likely get more to have a class set of 40.
Kirsten
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
This is SO much better than a regular drawing compass. Plus, being flat it stores easily in a binder. The plastic is thin, but for the price we now have plenty of replacements if needed in the future.
Mmom
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2018
These compasses are a great design for classrooms! It helps the students understand the basics of using a compass, creating angles for various geometry concepts. No sharp points for safety reasons, no lead to replace, no scales, slides, or wheels to wear out. My only negative comment is that I wish they were more sturdy. Students can easily pop the circle out and one compass was broken the first day where the orange plastic is around the circle.
A. A. Hamilton
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017
Love the price and it's a great idea but too flimsy for school use. Kids popped them apart in the first 5 minutes. I would love a version made from metal
E Zee Reader
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016
My students and I love these compasses. They're easy to use, and they make fantastic circles. No, they're not going to be the most precisely measured circles, but for most student exercises the lack of frustration and excitement garnered from seeing a smoothly drawn circle is far more important than truly precise measurement.To make the circles smooth, you must FIRMLY hold the compass down with one hand and then draw with the other. If using the outer portion for larger circles, press down on the rivet in the center of the wheel. If using the wheel for smaller circles, either hold the outer portion down, or hold the wheel for the pre-punched circles.I would not recommend these for drafting or anything requiring precise measurement. However, I do highly recommend them for young students who want to be able to draw circles with reasonable measurement accuracy.
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