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What are STEAMs kit?
STEAMS Kit is a portable box of hands-on, one-hour technology lessons with an engaging series of STEAMS projects involving light, sound, and movement that encourage tamariki to develop electronic and programming understanding.
The kit contains all the components necessary (except the computer), 14 hands-on, detailed lessons. The kit starts with simple electronic concepts that then lead students into controlling those electronics through programming with an Arduino pattern based platform.
How do I get started with STEAMs kits?
If you are ready to start your STEAMS kit journey and are confident to manage the kit yourself, feel free to pop over to our shop and purchase the number of kits that work for your situation.
These kits works best on either a 1:1 or 1 between 2 situation and are best for students who are at least 7 years old and have a good level of hand eye coordination. Younger students are encouraged to give the first couple of lessons a go.
If you’re a little hesitant about the electronics journey and would like some support, we have online sessions for teachers only, to run through the first few lessons and answer any questions raised in later lessons. In some areas, we are able to support classes by having an educator deliver the first lessons alongside you. Email us to discuss what will work best with your students amy@ministryofinspiration.org
What equipment or tools do I need?
The beauty of the STEAMS kit is that you don’t need anything other than what comes in the box.
Once you get started you may find you run out of electronics materials or want to investigate parts not included in the pack. Many of these parts are available cheaply via websites like AliExpress or Trademe.
Resources
Sample Teachers Guide
How do I purchase or get more information
You can purchase the kits individually or in a class set through our shop.
If you’d like to chat about how to use them, what’s your best option or book a visit from an educator help you and your class through the first lessons email amy@ministryofinspiration.org
Where do the profits go?
The profits from the STEAMS kit sales go towards supporting our the workshops and sessions that we run for free with schools including our NZAquabots Build Days, Robocup Jr Kick off Sessions, Launch into Coding and Launch into Robotics Sessions
What standards/educational outcomes does this align with?
New Zealand
Year 5 – 7 Explore, describe, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces, electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves and heat.
Year 8 Identify and describe the patterns associated with physical phenomena found in simple everyday situations involving movement, forces, electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves and heat.
New South Wales (Australia)
Year 7 – Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations
Year 9 – Scientific understanding of current electricity has resulted in technological developments designed to improve the efficiency in generation and use of electricity
Year 11 – Physics module 4: Electricity and Magnetism – Electric Circuits
Ontario (Canada)
Year 4 – Coding and Emerging Technologies use coding in investigations and to model concepts and assess the impact of coding and of emerging technologies on everyday life and in STEM related fields
Year 7 – Coding and emerging technologies use coding in investigations and to model concepts and assess the impact of coding and technologies on everyday life and in STEM related field
Year 10 – D2 Physics principles and applications of electricity – investigating and understanding concepts demonstrate an understanding of the nature of electric charges
Manitoba (Canada)
Year 6 – Grade 6 Science learning outcomes – Electricity
Year 9 – Senior 1 Science Learning Outcomes – Nature of Electricity
Year 12 – Physics – Topic 3 Electricity
England (UK)
Year 4 – Science Year 4 – Electricity
Year 6 – Science Year 6 – Electricity
Year 9 – Science (Key stage 3) – Physics Electromagnetism
Year 10 – Science (key stage 4) – Physics Electricity
