Strawbees STEAM Robotics Classroom Learning Kit - micro:bit

STEAM Classroom Kit + Robotic Inventions for micro:bit combine in this whole classroom solution

Designed for 20-40 students ages 8 years+

Transform your classroom into a hub of creativity and innovation with the Strawbees STEAM Robotics Classroom Solution!

It's super simple to get started with 100+ challenge cards, training articles, and tons of creative connectors. Start by constructing imaginative projects with straws, then take creations to the next level by adding servo motors and animating the design. Using MakeCode’s beginner-friendly block-based coding, students can quickly program their projects and run them independently via battery power. In Strawbees Classroom (digital resources hub) you will find tons of activity inspiration!

Build robots, mechanical structures like cranes, and more—your imagination sets the limit. This kit makes STEAM exploration approachable, creative, and exciting—empowering kids to invent, tinker, and learn by doing.

• Grades: 3-9
• Number of Students: Up to 30
• Number of Lessons/Activities: 100+
• Contact Hours: Unlimited
• Additional Resources: Strawbees Robotic Inventions, Strawbees License FAQ and Help Center, NEW AI Project

Highlights:

The complete building + coding solution for your class including Strawbees Classroom digital lessons, using the Robotics board to add robotic capabilities to Strawbees projects with the micro:bit.

This bundle includes micro:bits. A bundle without micro:bits is also available.

• 1-year access to Strawbees Classroom for one teacher
• Full building & coding solution (micro:bits included)
• 100+ challenge cards
• 4,590 pieces
• Storage solution

A Closer Look

The Strawbees STEAM Classroom Robotics – micro:bit includes:

1-year access to Strawbees Classroom for one teacher – start exploring Strawbees Classroom, our digital platform made for teachers, by teachers. Our curriculum-aligned, class-ready lessons help teachers quickly and easily to get started.

STEAM School Kit – our most massive building set providing over 4000 pieces enough for an entire classroom of students. The building set comes with 5 different precut straw sizes and 4 color-coded connectors for scaling project sizes from miniature to building structures taller than you. This kit arrives as a storage box with pull-out material trays to get started building. Comes with the Pocketful of Ideas card deck with 100+ challenges to stay inspired.

Both 2 × micro:bit V2 club – 10 Pack  and 2 × Robotic Inventions for micro:bit – 10 Pack kits – the micro:bit joins forces with the Robotic Inventions board for adding robotic capabilities. The Robotics board includes 2 RGB LEDs and attaches up to 3 servo motors to any Strawbees building project.

Write in Microsoft MakeCode’s block-based programming platform, upload a program, and remove it from the computer to run on batteries.

Key Features

Save time – Strawbees Classroom, the ready-to-go teaching platform is curriculum-aligned and loaded with inspiration. More time teaching. Less time prepping.

Play and Program Hardware – using Strawbees Robotic Inventions with the micro:bit, each of its LEDs can be individually programmed as can its buttons, inputs and outputs, accelerometer, magnetometer, and Bluetooth Smart Technology.

Full STEAM Ahead – everything you need for a well-rounded science, technology, engineering, art, and math experience in making and creating your projects.

Storage Solution – organized drawers by piece and color ready to be placed out on the table for a lesson or workshop setting and an easy material management system.

Up to 30 students – there is enough classroom material for each student to come up with their unique solution to a problem and help develop their creative confidence.

Different lengths & color-coded pieces – there are 4 types of connectors and 5 different cut straw lengths cut all color-coded making it easy to follow the activity instructions.

Make physical and mechanical inventions with the micro:bit.

Physical Computing – extend programming to the physical world beyond the computer screen by creating interactive projects with the Strawbees building system.

Electronic Building Set – all electronics easily connect to Strawbees connectors and straws.

All materials are custom-made, durable, and reusable – finish building, disassemble and begin a new project.

What’s Included:

• Strawbees Classroom License
• 1-year access to a license for one teacher
• Curriculum-aligned lessons (Common Core ELA, Common Core Mathematics, NGSS, SDGs)
• Activities
• Explorations
• Student-facing resources
• Recorded webinars
• Regular run onboarding webinars
• Onboarding videos
• Supporting articles
• Strawbees Classroom walk-through webinars

STEAM School Kit

• Connectors – 1-leg Blue × 1024
• Connectors – 2-leg Yellow × 512
• Connectors – 3-leg Green × 512
• Connectors – 5-leg Red × 256
• Building straws – 240mm Blue × 512
• Building straws – 205mm Green × 360
• Building straws – 112mm Pink × 512
• Building straws – 80mm Orange × 256
• Building straws – 48mm Yellow × 256
• Clips × 160
• Pocketful of Ideas Card Deck × 1
• Posters × 2

2 × micro:bit V2 Club – 10 Pack

• BBC micro:bits × 20
• USB cables × 20
• AAA batteries × 40
• AAA Battery holder × 20

2 × Robitcs Inventions for the micro:bit – 10 Pack

• Strawbees Robotics boards for the micro:bit × 20
• Strawbees micro:bit clip × 20
• Servo motors 120 (SM-S2309S) × 20
• Servo motor mounts white × 40
• Servo motor arms × 60
• Screws for servo mounts and arms × 60
• Mini screwdrivers × 20
• Servo extension cables × 20
• Eyes × 40
• Eye sticker sheet × 20
• Sneaker shoes × 40
• Duck feet with magnets × 40
• Poster × 2
• Free access to the official Strawbees MakeCode extension

Special Notes and Considerations:

This bundle comes with a limited number of batteries and requires 20 more batteries.