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The Makedo Invent kit inspires the creative genius in all students who use it. With enough low-tech tools for a whole team of makers to safely cut, fold and connect with up-cycled cardboard, cardboard construction has never been this easy! Support your learners to develop their STEM and 21st Century skills, with many curriculum linked opportunities.

Purchase Info:
https://spectrumed.ca/en/makedo-invent-360-pcs 

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Description:  Help this mouse get to his cheese!  Ten double-sided Activity Cards show kids how to build a maze and 30 coding cards help to figure out the path to get the cheese. Use the directional arrows on the mouse's back to enter the code. When the code works, the mouse lets out an excited sound. Interchangeable tiles can build thousands of mazes for endless play.

Purchase Info:

• Mouse only: https://www.learningresources.com/item-stem-robot-mouse 

• Mouse & Activity Set: https://www.learningresources.com/item-code-gor-robot-mouse-activity-set 

Description: Botley is a next-level robot! Bright-eye Botley navigates coding challenges with advanced obstacle detection, looping commands, and If/Then programming logic. Botley uses a remote for programming.

Purchase Info:

• Botley only: https://www.learningresources.com/item-botleyr-the-coding-robot-2 

• Botley & Activity Set: https://www.learningresources.com/item-botleyr-the-coding-robot-2-activity-set 

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Dash and Dot are exciting, hands-on learning tools for students in grades K-5! Targeted at teaching creative problem solving, coding and robotics, Dash & Dot give every student a head start on fundamental STEM principles and 21st-century skills. Students send commands to the robots to move them, light them up, and have them detect the world around them using free coding and robotics applications available on iPad. 

You can also access the online Blockly coding platform to solve puzzles and complete projects on any Chrome Browser.

***Requires i-pad and Blockly app to code, which is available on the DDSB App Catalogue.

Purchase Info: https://store.logicsacademy.com/collections/education/products/dash 

Description:  Ozobot is  a robot that can be coded in two ways. It can be programmed using visual codes to follow lines or roam around freely by detecting colors. It can also be programmed using block-based coding via the Ozoblockly platform.

How to Code:  Colour Codes    or    Ozoblockly 

Ozobot Classroom --> includes cross-curricular lesson resources for educators for multiple grades and skill levels

Purchase Info: 

https://spectrumed.ca/en/education?manufacturer=7849 

Description:  VEX Robotics is an educational robotics program to teach robotics and computer science to primary students all the way through to high school. Students work collaboratively in teams to solve problems while developing problem-solving and communication skills. Students can then take their VEX Robotics’ creation to competitions such as Skills ON. This is where the fun starts and the real-world learning begins! Students work collaboratively, in teams, using VEX Robotics components, to solve an engineering problem, which is presented in a form of a game. 

• VEX 123 - K- Primary

• VEX GO - Junior

• VEX IQ - Intermediate

• VEX EXP - Secondary

Where to buy: https://www.idesignsol.ca/ 

Description:  The Micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that we can program with different coding languages. It has an LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output features that you can program and physically interact with. The Version 2 micro:bit offers additional features such as a touch sensor, microphone and speaker.

Lesson Plans: https://microbit.org/ 

Coding Platform: https://makecode.microbit.org/ 

Professional Supports for Teachers: https://microbit.thinkific.com/collections 

Description:  Meet k8, your robotics kit for learning STEM and Computational Thinking. Designed to be an accessible entry-point into the world of robotics, k8 is a great educational tool to promote problem-solving, creativity, and digital literacy in an easy and engaging way. k8 is the best friend of new explorers of the wonderful world of robotics. 

Designed to work with Micro:bit V2.

Mission on the Moon: A free lunar themed coding and robotics projects for students in grade 6-9. All lesson resources included for teachers and students.  https://www.inksmith.ca/pages/mission-on-the-moon 

Purchase: https://www.inksmith.ca/products/k8-robotics-kit 

Description: Empower your students to tackle climate change issues while learning important digital skills. This kit will help educators inspire their students to recognize and solve problems in a creative and empathetic way.

Students will explore the United Nations Sustainable Development goals while making connections between them and the climate change issues we're facing. After learning the background and context of each issue, students will design and prototype a solution using the kit components and a BBC micro:bit.

Designed to work with Micro:bit V2.

Purchase: https://www.inksmith.ca/collections/climate-action-kits/products/climate-action-kit-land 

Description: Just like the popular Land Climate Action Kit, the Energy kit will help educators inspire their students to recognize and address climate change issues related to sustainable energy! 

The new Energy Climate Action Kit features three modules: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, and Electric Vehicles. Each Climate Action Kit (land and energy) includes a coupon code to access InkSmith's online learning platform filled with tons of classroom-ready resources for educators including interactive Google slide decks and curriculum connections. 

Designed to work with Micro:bit V2.

Purchase: https://www.inksmith.ca/collections/climate-action-kits/products/climate-action-kit-energy