STEAM Starter Kit

The introductory toolbox for educators in learning environment and young makers at home looking for a STEAM solution.

  • Activity booklet and poster
  • Color-coded pieces
  • Perfect introduction

Shipping to the USA? This item will be shipped by mid-September 2021. This is due to extreme delays in our supply chain. By adding to the cart you confirm you agree with these terms.

USD $25.00

  • WINNER - Kids Judge BETT Award 2020
  • Free Lesson Plans included
  • 1 Year Warranty and Lifetime Support
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STEAM Starter Kit

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 precut straw sizes and 4 color-coded connectors organized in the box.

Includes a colorful 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.

A large classroom version of this kit is available.

Age and grade

Ages 6 and up
Grade in US schools: 1st grade and up

Number of students

1-2 students

Great for

Afterschool programs
Home
Librarians
Libraries
Makerspaces
School Classrooms
Teachers

Number of pieces

230 pieces

Key Features

Play = Learning – extend learning at home for young makers and build creative thinking skills to invent anything you can imagine.

Self-Oriented Learning – an introduction for teachers, librarians, and STEM educators to follow along on Strawbees Learning platform and professional development experiences.

Different lengths & color-coded pieces – there are 4 types of connectors and 5 different cut straw lengths cut all color-coded making it easy to follow the activity instructions.

All materials are custom-made, durable, and reusable – finish building, disassemble, and begin a new project.

What's included?

  • 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 Learning

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STEAM Starter Kit

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