Strawbees STEAM Starter Kit
Make STEAM, out of STRAWS?
The introductory toolbox for educators in learning environment and young makers at home looking for a STEAM solution.
The STEAM Starter kit is a personal sized building set with 230 pieces to build several small towers, moving mechanical cranes and arms. The building set comes with 5 different pre-cut straw sizes and 4 color-coded connectors organized in the box.
Includes a colourful and inspirational poster!
For at home: everything needed to start inventing out of the box to engage learning at home.
For educators: use as a way to build anything from the Strawbees Learning platform or use as a personal kit in a professional training environment.
What's in the box?
- Connectors – 1-leg Blue × 37
- Connectors – 2-leg Yellow × 18
- Connectors – 3-leg Green × 25
- Connectors – 5-leg Pink × 13
- Building straws – 240mm Blue × 25
- Building straws – 205mm Green × 12
- Building straws – 112mm Pink× 30
- Building straws – 80mm Orange × 36
- Building straws – 48mm Yellow × 34
- Activity Booklet × 1
- Poster × 1
- Free access to lesson plans at Strawbees Classroom
Strawbees Classroom
Explore Strawbees Learning, a virtual oasis for innovative teachers who embrace creative thinking and hands-on learning with Strawbees. Including a mixture of lesson plans and activities. Click here to view more.
Strawbees Code
The Strawbees Code puts programming in a context and helps students of all ages understand what programming is for and how we can use it to impact the world. By combining computers, electronics and construction we can create with a purpose which makes the process engaging and fun! Click here to view Strawbees Code, and create your own program!
Professional Development
We provide an intuitive first introduction to programming, as well as infinite opportunities for gradually building more advanced projects using an electronics platform fulfilling a standard loved and tested by millions of people who use electronics for real-world applicable projects across the globe. Inside of the Strawbees Classroom, we provide teacher support, student resources and lesson plans. Click here to view more.