Research Guides: STEAM Kits: Games

Bloxels [Game]

Bloxels [Game] Using the Bloxels game, students can connect their physical creation with a digital version. Colors on the game board translate into different kinds of objects in the video game, like coins and enemies. This creates a setting for a video game that students can play on a smart device using the free Bloxels app. This process teaches skills in building interactive logic puzzles and working as a team. The game can be applicable to art, technology, or engineering lessons, among others.
Call Number: 794.8 BLO STEAM Kit

Level: Grade 3-12

Requires App and smart device

Tags: creative, computer science, design, engineering, games, problem solving, puzzles

CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 [Computer] The CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 basically runs like a small computer. The Raspberry Pi 3 connects to wifi to be used in the classroom. Students connect it to their monitor, mouse, and keyboard to watch videos, browse the web, create documents, and play games online. The purpose of the Raspberry Pi 3 is to teach students programming languages like Python and Scratch. The quick-running computer helps students learn how computers work and how they can build programs using programming languages. The kit can be used in computer and programming lessons, connected to lessons in other subjects, or as a fun extracurricular classroom activity. Follow the links below to find lesson plans for using the Raspberry Pi 3 to create games, websites, music, robots, and art.
Call Number: 004.165 CAN STEAM Kit

Level: Grade 6-12
Requires computer

Tags: computer science, games, programming

Electronic Snap Circuits [Circuit] The Electronic Snap Circuit has many parts that can be put together to channel electricity to accomplish a task, like turning on a light or a fan. With this STEAM Kit, students will learn how they can use electricity to produce sounds, generate motion, and build games. This game will support a range of science-based lessons plans about electricity, circuitry, and robotics.
Call Number: 537.5 ELE STEAM Kit

Level: Grade 3-12

Tags: circuits, conductivity, creative, games, invention, robotics

LeapPad [Game] The LeapFrog LeapPad Platinum is a great introduction for young students in the world of technology. The LeapPad functions like an iPad, with a touch screen that lets students interact with the games. The borrowable LeapPad from CECH comes with the Nickelodeon Bubble Guppies game. Teachers can purchase a variety of apps from the App Center, which can be used in lesson plans for many educational subjects, from math to writing to science.
Call Number: 794.8 LEA STEAM kit

Level: PK-4

Tags: games, problem solving

Osmo Coding [Game] Use the iPad, app, and coding blocks to teach students how coding works! The game helps students understand what coding commands do and when to use them. Students connect the idea of coding to physical blocks that they use. The coding blocks allow students to build different commands to win the game. This game could be incorporated into a lesson plan about coding or as an introduction to coding in a computer class.
Call Number: 794.8 OSM Coding + Base STEAM Kit

Level: K-7
Requires iPad

Tags: coding, games, osmo, problem solving

Osmo Numbers [Game] Osmo Numbers guides students in experimenting with numbers to solve puzzles. Students learn to add, subtract, and multiply to move forward in the game. The game provides an interactive way for students to improve their math skills and perform addition, subtraction, and multiplication quickly. This kit can be used in lesson plans about math to introduce and improve addition, subtraction, and multiplication through a fun, interactive game.
Call Number: 794.8 OSM Numbers + Base STEAM Kit

Level: K-7
Requires iPad

Tags: games, math, osmo

Osmo Tangrams [Game] In Osmo Tangrams, the iPad displays a shape, and students arrange the tangram tiles in front of the iPad where the reflector can see if they’ve built the shape correctly. The game helps students build geometry skills. Students will learn problem-solving skills and spatial thinking which will help them develop their understanding of geometry for more complex theories. These puzzles can be incorporated into lesson plans about geometry or art.
Call Number: 794.8 OSM Tangram + Base STEAM Kit

Level: K-7
Requires iPad

Tags: art, games, geometry, puzzles, shapes

Osmo Words [Game] The Osmo Words kit uses an app and letter tiles to teach students how to build words. Different levels of activities prompt students to spell the image on the iPad screen. The reflector on the iPad allows the app to know what the students have spelled. The game difficulty can be adjusted to the students’ age. This game helps students develop vocabulary skills, spelling skills, and matching skills. This kit can be implemented into lessons about spelling or vocabulary.
Call Number: 794.8 OSM Words + Base STEAM Kit

Level: K-7
Requires iPad

Tags: english, games, osmo, puzzles, vocab

OZObot [Robot] Students learn to code with this fun robot by drawing commands with markers on a piece of paper or coding in OzoBlockly on the iPad app. With colored markers or OzoBlockly, they control where Evo the Social Robot goes. Evo can be used in lessons of any kind, bringing a coding perspective to different fields. For example, teachers can use Evo to teach the basics of coding, but also to use coding to create a story, practice math, model natural processes like animal habitats, and more.
Call Number: 629.892 OZO Steam Kit

Level: K-12
Requires app for online coding

Tags: coding, games, robotics

Scratch Coding Cards [Flash Cards] Scratch teaches coding to young students by providing a website where they can learn the basics of designing code to solve a problem. The Scratch Coding Cards challenge students to complete specific tasks on the website using coding. The cards run students through how to accomplish a coding goal. Students learn that computer science involves creativity and teamwork. The fun activities make learning coding concepts like sequencing, conditionals, and variables enjoyable and rewarding. Incorporate Scratch Coding Cards into computer science lessons, or lessons in other subjects that can use coding to accomplish a task.
Call Number: 005.13 RUS STEAM Kit

Level: K-12
Requires desktop or app

Tags: coding, computer science, games, problem solving