Bee-Bot

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry

To use the Bee-bot program the robot using the buttons on its back. Tap "go" to try out your program. Comes with a charger cord, program cards, and a playmat. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry

To use Botley, program the robot with the remote control. Tap the giant button to test your program. Comes with remote, playmat, obstacles, flags, and other accessories. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Problem solving, creativity, science- motion and gravity

These are more accessories to use with Botley. Set up obstacles courses or program botley to meet challenges. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry

Codeapillar comes with segment pieces that snap together. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: K-5

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry, problem-solving, collaboration

To use Dash: Borrow our ipads that have the apps pre-installed OR use your school's chromebooks no app required. Program Dash with block code or drive dash like a remote control vehicle (app only). Dash works with Lego pieces for customization and challenges. 

Various accessories we can send with Dash. Options include:

• Plow

• Launcher with ping pong balls

• Xylophone

• Bunny Ears

• Challenge Cards

• Lego Extension kits

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry

To use Dot: Borrow our ipads that have the apps pre-installed OR use your school's chromebooks no app required. Program Dot with block code. Dot's are stationary which make them ideal for younger kid. Dash accessories work with Dot also. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: All Ages

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry

Works with almost every device- Chromebooks, iPads, Windows, Mac, Linux etc.

How to use Finch:
Program using the included MicroBit.

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: 3rd+

Good for: Intermediate to Advanced Designing, beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry, robotics

How to use Mindstorm:
Follw the instructions for buiding that are included. Program the robot using Lego Mindstorm App on our iPads that we can include. 

Robots in Motion

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Construction, Following Directions, creativity, Knowledge constructor

How to use:
Building robots following instructions OR using your creativity. Screen-free robot, no device required. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: 3rd+

Good for: Construction, following instructions, Knowledge constructor, Science, Engineering, Mechanics.

How to use:
Follow the instructions on the included instruction booklet. Using solar panels included for optional motion activities. 

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: Grades 3-10

Good for: Beginner-Advanced coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry, knowledge constructor, proble-solving skills.

How to use:
Program Bolt using our iPad Apps .
Programming using Block Coding, JavaScript and Python.
The Bolt+ allow programming of messages on the LED screens.

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-10th

Good for: Intermediate-Advanced coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry, collaboration.

Use with Bolt or Minis.

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: 6th-12th

Good for: Robotics, Engineering, Coding-intermediate to advanced, computer science

Works with Sphero Edu App (iPad) or with Python

Sphero Minis are ping pong ball sized programable robots. We have blue, soccer, magic 8 ball and golf ball to borrow. 

How to use:
Program Bolt using our iPad Apps .
Programming using Block Coding, JavaScript and Python.

Ozobot Evo

Ozobots are a mutli-award winning coding robots. They use color to give them direction. You also can use a block coding system, we like the color coding best. Use block coding with the Challenge mats!

To learn how to use Ozobots in the classroom- watch this video How to use Ozobots in the classroom

Manufacturer Age/Grade Recommended: PreK-2nd

Good for: Beginner coding, computer science, following directions, inquiry, collaboration

This is truly one for everyone! 

Ozo Sun, Earth & Moon

How to use:
This set goes with the Ozobots. Explore how the rotation of the sun and moon affect Earth in the four seasons. 

Ozo Sundial

How to use:
This set goes with the Ozobots. Explore how a sundial works using Ozobot. 

Ozo Solar System

This set goes with the Ozobots. Build the different planet pieces out of cardboard. Using Ozobots to explore each planets rotation around the solar system. 

Code and Go Mouse

Coding Critters Blazer the Dragon

Space Rover

Brain Flakes

Brainometry

Geometric Shapes Building Set

Green Screen

Keva Maze Bot

LittleBits Gizmo and Gadgets

Magnatiles

Makedo

Makey Makey

Motioneering

Marble Run *NEW*

Merge Cube

NTer Blox

Oculus Quest

Renewable Energy Kit

Snap Circuits

Snap Circuits Home

STEM Challenges

STEM Challenges (Seasonal)

Strawbee STEAM Starter

Straw Constructors

Structural Engineering

Wanpaly Magnetic Building Blocks

Zip Snips

Manufacturer Suggested Age: 8+

We Say: 8+ 

Good for: Creativity, fine motor skills, knowledge constructor, engineering, science- motion

Manufacturer Suggested Age: 8+

We Say: 8+ 

Good for: Creativity, fine motor skills, knowledge constructor, engineering, science- motion

Manufacturer Suggested Age: 8+

We Say: 8+ 

Good for: Creativity, fine motor skills, knowledge constructor, engineering, science- motion

Lego Bionicles

Manufacturer Suggested Age: 8+

We Say: 8+ 

Good for: Creativity, fine motor skills, knowledge constructor, engineering

Manufacturer Suggested Age: 8+

We Say: 8+ 

Good for: Creativity, fine motor skills, knowledge constructor, engineering, science- motion

Motion Prime

Age/Grade: 6th-8th Grade

Bricq Motion Essentials

Age/Grade: 1st-5th Grade

SPIKE Essentials

Age/Grade: 1st-5th Grade

SPIKE Prime

Age/Grade: 6th-8th grade

Manufacturer Suggested Age: PreK-K

We Say: All Ages

Good for: Creativity, emotional intelligence, knowledge constructor, fine motor skills

Manufacturer Suggested Age: PreK-K

We Say: All Ages

Good for: Creativity, emotional intelligence, knowledge constructor, fine motor skills, communication

Manufacturer Suggested Age: PreK-K

We Say: All Ages

Good for: Creativity, knowledge constructor, fine motor skills

Manufacturer Suggested Age: PreK-K

We Say: All Ages

Good for: Creativity, knowledge constructor, fine motor skills, computer science, coding , Engineering, Art, Science

Manufacturer Suggested Age: PreK-K

We Say: All Ages

Good for: Creativity, knowledge constructor, fine motor skills, communication, Science, Engineering, Art

21 Elephants and Still Standing

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Build a bridge between two tables or chairs that will hold one elephant per student in the class. Each student designs their own “elephant” using materials in the classroom. 

Ada's Violin

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Develop your own musical instrument from cardboard or other materials, either an instrument already invented or invent your own. 

• Create a new product or service that improves the experience of listening to music in public spaces.

Balloons Over Broadway 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Create a parade using Robots (recommended- Dash, Indi, Ozobots)

• Create a moveable puppet that could be featured in the parade

Beauty and the Beak 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Use paper and pencil to design a prosthetic body part for a human or animal. Then use tinkercad.com to create a prototype. Finally, use a 3D printer to print the prosthetic. 

• Have students research animals that use prosthetics. Then, improve the design in Tinkercad and 3D Print. 

Claymates 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Design a stop-motion video that morphs an item of your choice into another item. Before you begin, sketch out the process you’ll take to transform your item.

Crayon Man 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Think about the school/community/world in which you live and identify a problem that could be solved with a new invention. 

Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Think about the people in your community and the challenges they face. List three challenges that affect their daily life. Consider something you use every day and brainstorm how it could be repurposed or modified to address this problem. 

• Research the Soybean Lab at Greenfield Village. What are other uses Soybeans

Hedy Lamarr's Double Life 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS

• Create small groups. Pass out one of the challenges listed below to each group for them to come up with an invention that will solve the problem at hand. 

Utilize the Design Thinking Journal throughout this process. Once each group is established and working, rotate each group to a new project every five minutes to make enhancements. Have groups return to their original project, and observe their invention and how it changed/improved.

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Develop a way to harness the wind by designing with Strawbees.

• Using littleBits, make your wind machine move, light up, make sounds, et al. 

How To Build A Hug 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Students will work to develop an assistive technology solution for people with autism. Alternatively, students may develop assistive technology solutions for students with differing abilities. Students are encouraged to work with peers in a local special education classroom to combine their love of technology and engineering to help positively influence their peers’ lives. 

Lion Lights 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Imagine that your home is at risk from predators or other scary situations, such as natural disasters or human intruders. Your challenge is to use broken or old technology and other available resources to create a prototype that can be used to protect your home. This could involve tinkering, hacking, or redesigning the components of the technology to meet your needs.

Magic Ramen 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Develop a food product (a new food, tool, or invention, et al) to help increase access to food in your community. 

One Plastic Bag 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Use plastic bags to develop a new product.

• Host an inventor's showcase showing off your new invention/product.

Papa's Mechanical Fish 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Students will use materials on hand to design a solution to a problem they see in their school or at home. The invention should meet the needs of fellow students, teachers, bus drivers, principals, siblings, friends, or even parents.

Secret Subway 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Invent a new way of traveling around your community that takes into account the following: helpful to the community, economical to those who use it, and convenient for users. 

Sweet Dreams, Sarah 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Redesign your classroom to hold more students. 

The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Think outside the box. What’s something you use every day, but not for its “intended” purpose? 

• Design the latest and greatest technology for kids to hit the market! Make it the *most* fun anyone has ever had. You may NOT use anything on the market - any technology currently on the market is off-limits. 

The House that Cleans Itself 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

•  What is one thing you hate doing for chores? Develop an invention to have it take care of itself.

The Leaf Detective 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Your community has many different areas to explore - it might be a park, a grocery store, a forest, or an alley. For some people, it might be difficult to explore these areas because they may have differing abilities. Select one area in your community, and come up with a plan to build a way for it to be more accessible to everyone. 

The Marvelous Thing That Came From a Spring 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Create a commercial for the slinky

• Create a new toy from something commonly found in your home or school.

The Most Magnificent Thing 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

Open Choice- Student Choice

The World is not a Rectangle 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Identify an area in your school that is very traditional. Redesign it to better fit the needs of the end-users. Students should talk to end-users to get feedback and empathize with them. They will then sketch out a new design, and then create a physical prototype of the new design to scale. 

TickTock Banneker's Clock 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Find a discarded object that can be taken apart. 

• Can you find ways to improve this object?

WHOOSH! 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Students will use materials on hand to invent and design a new toy.

• Students will use materials on hand to invent and design a new game.

Wood Wire and Wings 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Design a new mode of transportation (air, sea, or ground).

• Select a current mode of transportation and improve it.

• Use household items to create a prototype of your new or updated invention. 

Guitar Genius 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Think of a musical instrument or device that could be improved. Go through the Design Thinking Process to improve a musical instrument or invent a new one. 

Gaudi: Architect of the Imagination 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Design and create your dream park. 

• Think about your passions. What inspires you? Use your passions to design your dream park around this common theme. What recycled or repurposed elements can you incorporate?

The Brilliant Calculator: Edith Clarke 

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Create a unique way to generate and store energy in your town.

• Create a tool out of cardboard that could solve a problem for someone in your community. 

On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Invent a new candy product, prototype it, and pitch it Shark Tank-style. 

• Design and build a prototype of a candy factory machine.

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Design a new piece of safety equipment for a first responder. 

• Students create a prototype of a new piece of safety equipment for a first responder (fire, EMT, police, et al.)

Whirligigs

ACTIVITY OPTIONS:

• Design and build a wind-powered sculpture using materials you find around you. Your sculpture should move or spin when exposed to air. 

Iggy Peck Architect

Rosie Revere Engineer

One Well