Magnetic toys - Team builder

I was chatting with a friend the other night regarding keeping her young grand daughter stimulated mentally. 

One of the things she keyed upon is that she really loves magents

Interestingly, magnets have been a passion of mine since I can remember.

A few years ago, my employer had a "team building" exercise where a portion of the exercise consisted of building structures with magnetic building toys similar to Magnetix.

They're NOT the Mega Brands toy, Magnetix, but they're very similar

This toy was presented to us in a non-magnetic can and consists of three components (of which there are several pieces)

These are short sticks about 1 inch long with neodymium magnets on each end of the sticks, long sticks that are about 2 inches long, again with neodymium magnets on each end of the sticks and simple ball bearings.

The idea is to build different geometric structures

They left the toys with us to help us "unleash our creativity" and provide us with hours of constructive fun.  :)