Project-Based

VEX Metal Robotics Platform

A robotics platform with metal kits, electronics and curriculum for classroom and competition use.

VEX IQ Robotics Platform

The same VEX IQ robotics platform for hands-on engineering and coding.

VEX IQ Robotics System

A plastic based robotics system by VEX designed for younger students, with snap together pieces and programmable brains.

Educational Robotics Company

Company producing programmable robots and coding tools for hands-on STEM learning.

LEGO Mindstorms Platform

Broader LEGO Mindstorms robotics platform, now discontinued.

LEGO Robotics System (Retired)

Retired LEGO robotics system for programmable robots.

Lego Star Wars Boost Droid Commander Set

A themed set that merges Star Wars models with Boost robotics, letting fans build droids and then code them to move, react, and play sounds.

Mindstorms–Raspberry Pi Board

Hardware board linking LEGO Mindstorms to Raspberry Pi.

Lego Education Wedo 2.0 Core Set

An entry-level LEGO Education robotics set for younger learners, with guided projects that introduce basic coding, sensors, and simple machines through playful building.

Lego Education Spike Essential Set

LEGO Education’s elementary-level robotics kit that pairs colorful builds with Scratch-style coding lessons aligned to curriculum standards in science, math, and engineering.

Robotics Kit

Arduino Robotics Kit is a hardware set with Arduino boards and components that lets kids build and program their own robots, ideal for project based electronics and coding with teens who like tinkering.

LEGO Robotics Competition (FLL)

Global robotics program where kids design LEGO robots for themed missions.

VEX Robotics Competition

Middle- and high-school robotics competition with designed and programmed robots.

Robolink Robotics Kit

Robolink robotics kit for building multiple programmable robots.

High School Robotics Competition (FRC)

High school robotics competition with large custom-built robots.

Club

Hands on robotics projects offered through local 4 H clubs where kids build and program simple robots. Families can use it as a practical STEM extension beyond the home.

Conservation Science Nonprofit

Conservation nonprofit running bird/wildlife monitoring and citizen-science programs.

Queer Ecology Project

Art-and-theory project linking queer ecology with geology.

Stem Science Kit

A STEM science kit themed around gross but fascinating experiments. Lets kids explore slime, smells and other icky topics while still learning real chemistry and biology concepts.

STEM Illustration Art

Illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky’s posters, books, and prints celebrating women in science.

Environmental Literacy Nonprofit

Environmental education nonprofit integrating climate/environmental literacy into schools.

Children’s Museum Activities

Lesson ideas from Boston Children’s Museum across science, literacy, arts and social studies.

Free Unit Study

Free multidisciplinary unit study about pandemics and epidemiology that includes readings, timelines, map work and simple experiments. Best for upper elementary and middle schoolers with sensitive content considered.

Weather & Climate Research Center

UW–Madison research center developing satellite instruments for weather/climate study.