Our range of Maker Electronics lends itself wonderfully for classroom friendly educational kits for STEM & STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics). Here are some of our favourites. Get in touch with us if you need any help or advice. We're so much more than a point of sale, we use these kits at our own school holiday workshops and can help you get the most out of them!
This Thinker Shield and Arduino combo contains everything that you need to meet the coding requirements set by the 2019 Australian Curriculum, all with no soldering or small loose parts!
Introduce your child to a spectacular experience from your childhood with Smartivity Fantastic Optics Kaleidoscope STEM Educational Construction Activity toy making kit.
Smartivity Blast Off Space Rocket - Let the countdown begin... It's time for blast off! Every child wants to be an astronaut. And with Smartivity's Blast Off Space Rocket S.T.E.M. Educational D.I.Y. Toy kit, your child (6+ years) can bring their imagination to life.
Smartivity Fidget Digit Multiplication Machine – Two oneza two, two twoza four… Cram it till you jam it, old school style! So, we have created a multiplier to help your child learn the tables in a different and fun way! This mechanical toy uses a set of pivoting links to tell you the multiplication product of 2 numbers.
Smartivity Gear Propeller Flying Machine – Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it’s a flying machine! And you get to build it, tune it, and play with it! Try different combination of gears, speeds and wing angles, and change the way it flies! Sling boredom out of the window, and take to the skies with this cool new Smartivity STEM Educational DIY toy.
Introduce your child to the magic of arcade games. Smartivity Pot Shots Marble Game re-imagines the classic Skee-ball with a DIY twist. Load the shooter, aim the launcher and pocket the marbles to win highest points. In the process, introduce your child to the concepts of angular momentum, link-mechanisms, gradients and trajectories... Have a blast with this nostalgic classic.
A car that can be turned into a robot... Just what your child dreamed of. Smartivity STEMFormers Rover-Bot 2-in-1 construction toy allows your child to construct two different toys using the same parts - a wind-up rover, and a attacking bot. In the process, your child is introduced to core understanding of STEAM concepts like wind-up mechanism, gears, elasticity, torque, transfer of energy and laws of motion. It is a win-win either way.
Smartivity STEMwheels Stunt Demon - Ready, set, go! Get familiar with the concept of motion, elasticity, and momentum faster than your car can race past the finish line.
Smartivity Pump It Move It Hydraulic Crane introduces your child to the basics of pressure-based mechanisms that they see around in cranes, JCBs and other heavy engineering equipment.
Renewable energy is an important source of power today, and will become even more important in the future. This educational construction set is perfectly designed to help students understand the possibilities of solar energy. They can make solar-powered boats and cars run by generating electricity from the sun using a solar module. Solar Beginner can be used in supervised and unsupervised learning and is one of the most popular sets in many schools.
Whybricks brings science concepts to life with hands-on projects & activities. Versatile & adaptable, it includes all essentials in one box for inquiry-based learning. Encourage creative problem solving & holistically engage students!
Creative kids build and customize a rockin’ synth guitar using littleBits electronic building blocks, then transform it into new electronic instruments of their own!
You may be the greatest living banana pianist, but how will you ever know if you don’t make yourself a banana piano? Good news! That project and countless others are easier than you think with Makey Makey. Using the Makey Makey you can make anything into a key just by connecting a few alligator clips
Unleash your creativity with the Official Arduino Starter Kit! This comprehensive kit has everything you need to learn electronics and build 15 innovative projects, including a spaceship interface, color mixing lamp, and more. Perfect for makers looking to dive into the world of Arduino!
Perfect for classrooms, schools, districts, workshop teachers, and anyone else that wants all their Makey Makeys in a really nicely organized briefcase. The Makey Makey STEM Kit is a distillation of 12 Makey Makeys, 12 booster packs and some extra parts for when you want to invent something even bigger.
The Sphero BOLT Power Pack is the best kit for Educator looking to use Sphero Edu in a classroom, robotics club, or in any maker environment. It comes with all of the robots and accessories you need.
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