littleBits STEAM+ Coding Kit Class Pack
Make Engineering Fun!
The littleBits STEAM+ Coding Kit provides up to three students with engaging STEAM lessons right out of the box. Students will apply engineering, physics, art, and design thinking as they create sample inventions and then progress to open-ended challenges. While the heart of the curriculum is device free, students have the option to level up to coding with the included Bits and Fuse app, which allows for creating digital circuits and sharing creations. With this bundle, students will be empowered to let their imagination take flight by creating inventions that deepen their subject knowledge, tackle real world problems, and develop 21st century skills.
Bring STEAM and coding to your classroom with the ultimate learning toolkit. The littleBits STEAM+ Class Pack contains 250 Bits, 10 newly designed durable storage containers, printed teacher support materials and 40+ hours of standards-aligned STEAM and Coding curriculum to engage the entire class.
- Engage up to 40 students with 250 Bits and 350 accessories
- Run 40+ hours unplugged, cross-curricular lessons and coding tutorials available on littleBits Classroom
- littleBits Classroom Unit Plans, including STEAM Inventions, Coding Fundamentals, and Engineering Design, are standards-aligned (Grades 3-8)
- Compatible with the littleBits Fuse app, students of all coding abilities can program the codeBit through blocks or Java-Script text and level up their inventions
- Improved durable storage container for easy organization and clean up & printed materials for instructional support and classroom implementation
What's in the box?
- 240 Bits
- 10 durable storage container
- Teacher Materials
Getting Started
Lesson Plans
The littleBits Classroom provides easy access to lesson plans, educator guides, activities, troubleshooting tips, and customizable handouts for different school years, subjects, and learning pathways. Using the Classroom, you can explore dozens of unit plans, as well as exploring hundreds of individual lessons by subject, age and more. You can also get inspiration from the thousands of community challenges and projects available. Click here to view your units & lesson plans.
Resources
littleBits comes with plenty of resources to ensure that you can deliver engaging, fun and educational sessions or lessons with complete understanding and confidence. ‘Bitopedia’ includes everything you need to know about each Bit and how it functions within a circuit, while the collection of tips from other professional educators will help you to deliver a truly memorable learning session. Click here to view your resources.
Software
Fuse is a progressive web app that is browser based and uses Chrome’s fast web USB/BLE API for connection management. Device must have Bluetooth capability to download code from the Fuse app to the codeBit. Compatible with the Fuse app, students can program littleBits inventions and simulate circuits to level up the learning experience. Click here to download the app.