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STEAM Kits

Your CECH Library guide to STEAM-themed kits for kid-friendly instruction in coding, circuits, robotics, technology, and more.

STEAM Kits

Our STEAM kits are specifically curated with PK-12 students in mind, helping to build skills and learning in circuits, robotics, computer science, engineering, art, language, creativity, math, problem solving, and more. The range of STEAM kits includes games, robots, computers, and art sets. Each type of kit offers unique skills and activities to students. The kits can be incorporated into any classroom and applied to many different subjects, helping students to broaden their understanding of learning topics and work together to complete fun challenges using highly developed technology and programs. 

Squishy Circuits; 6 colorful conductive doughs, 2 black and white non-conductive doughs, 25 lights, battery pack, and conductive wiresOsmo Masterpiece; Osmo Masterpiece set up. An iPad is on a table and in the Osmo base. It shows the outline of a flower projected onto its image of the whiteboard below. The Masterpiece whiteboard is set up on the table directly in front of the ipad and someone is drawing the outline of the flower by watching the screen as they draw. Steam Student Set; A sample of a project built using the steam student set guide: a two-wheeled moving vehicleBloxels; The Bloxels pieces, game board with a game built on it in pieces, and an iPad snapping a picture of the gameboard to be used in the Bloxels app to play a video gameHummingbird; The Hummingbird board with a servo, USB, and power cable connectedCanaKit; The CanaKit case with outlets for HDMI cables, USB cables, ethernet cables, a headphone jack, and more

Browse STEAM kits and learn more by selecting a thematic area in the left navigation. STEAM Kit information includes an image, a link to its library catalog, a description of what it is and does, ideas for curriculum alignment, links to helpful websites, and a recommended age range of applicability. Tags describing the different STEAM Kit subjects are listed at the bottom of each kit section.

You may also view a complete listing of our STEAM Kits in the UC Libraries Catalog.

PK-12 Curriculum Materials and Resources in CECH Library

For a complete description of the PK-12 curriculum materials resources available to you in CECH Library's physical and digital collections, please visit the Curriculum Materials and Resources guide below. 

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