Strawbees Micro: Bit Robotic Inventions

This award-winning Swedish EdTech company is set out to inspire the next generation of inventors! All kids speak Strawbees, it’s the language of creativity. They say: ‘Let kids create the change our world needs!’ by coding, creative confidence, and hands-on rapid prototyping!

You don’t need to be an expert in STEAM subjects. With Strawbees Classroom, all you need is to try a starter lesson with your students! Once you have had your first “Aha!” moment together, take your pick from an entire library of curriculum-aligned lessons, professional development, and student-facing materials that cater to different abilities and age ranges. Ready to go full STEAM ahead?

No matter your students’ ages or abilities, their flexible building kits adding coding help develop complex problem-solving, critical thinking, and creative skills on and offline, for fun at home or in the classroom. They are students’ first choice!

That’s why they are currently present in over 20’000 schools and 100’000 homes in 50 countries worldwide. Strawbees is on a mission to empower teachers and parents to lead the young people from today into a future that will look radically different!

We find their lesson plans to be OUTSTANDING!  These kits will save you loads of prep time.

This product is great for ages 8-14, so it ranges from elementary to high school.

Great for:

  • Afterschool programs
  • Competitions and Events
  • Libraries
  • Makerspaces
  • Classrooms
  • Science Centers
  • Summer Camps

Inspired by Mitch Resnick’s amazing work at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten, everything they make and do at Strawbees is about helping teachers help students develop creative thinking skills.

This is an add-on kit and requires the purchase of another Strawbees product for building robots with building pipes and connectors.

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Strawbees Micro: Bit Robotic Inventions kit has everything you need for a well-rounded science, technology, engineering, art, and math experience in making and creating your projects.

Strawbees Micro: Bit Robotic Inventions is true play and program hardware.  Students can build and code robots that move with this add-on kit!   This kit integrates the playful world of Strawbees building with robotic capabilities.

This kit is to snap the micro: bit with physical Strawbees buildings and program mechanical structures with servo motors. A way to create physical interaction with your next project!  This kit brings Physical Computing to life by extending programming to the physical world beyond the computer screen by creating interactive projects with the Strawbees building system.

This bundle includes:

15 pieces

  • Strawbees Robotics board for the micro:bit × 1
  • Strawbees micro:bit clip × 1
  • Servo motor 120 (SM-S2309S) × 1
  • Servo motor mounts × 2
  • Servo motor arms × 3
  • Screws for servo mounts and arms × 3
  • Mini screwdriver × 1
  • Servo extension cable × 1
  • Free access to lesson plans at Strawbees Learning
  • Free access to the official Strawbees MakeCode extension

See a creation using this kit in this video.

This kit does not include the micro:bit, USB cable, or batteries.

This is an add-on kit and requires the purchase of another Strawbees product for building robots with building pipes and connectors.

This Strawbees Micro:Bit Robotic Inventions is recommended for 3rd-9th graders and serves 1-2 students.

This kit makes physical and mechanical inventions come to life with the micro: bit.  Physical Computing and computational thinking extend programming to the physical world beyond the computer screen by allowing students to create interactive projects with the Strawbees building system.

All materials are custom-made, durable, and reusable.  When students finish building they can disassemble and begin a new project.

The lesson plans that Strawbees has available on their platform make this product one of our TOP PICKS!  This company took the basic teacher tools to the next level.  Their lessons match Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)Common Core, and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (and more coming!) for easy assessment. No more struggling to integrate STEAM into your lesson planning.

Click to see why EDGEucating awarded Strawbess a Gold Star Product!

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