Coding for Educators

No glue or connectors required...simply stack the precision-milled, solid pine KEVA planks to create buildings, monuments and geometric forms. Its the ideal activity to help kids gain an understanding of balance and proportion, as well as an interest in architecture, building and design. The 400 Plank Set comes with an oversized, black zippered canvas storage bag and a 24-page, full-color idea booklet with build-out instructions. Age Recommendation: Ages 5 and up.

Resource Guide

The micro:bit Educator’s Lab Pack includes 10 micro:bit boards and everything you need to get you started with the new learning platform. The Lab Pack has everything you need, including micro:bits, cables, battery packs and a few parts to experiment with. This package provides an easy way to introduce your students to the micro:bit without any difficulty or parts hunting.

Kit includes: 10x micro:bit Board 10x Small Servo 10x Mini Speaker 10x micro:bit Battery Holder — 2xAA 10x USB Micro-B Cable — 6 Foot 10x Alligator Test Leads (10 Pack) 10x Jumper Wires Standard 7in. M/M — 30 AWG (30 Pack) 10x Get Started Guide Sheets

Contains: 6 Books, (5 hardcover, 1 softcover) 1. “If I were A Wizard” by Paul Hamilton; Introduces coding concepts through the imagination of a young mouse. From Repeats and Loops to Algorithms, If I Were A Wizard prompts discussions and helps build conceptual understanding of coding concepts. 2. "Hello Ruby" by Linda Liukas; "Hello Ruby is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. It introduces programming without requiring a computer at all. The point of the book isn’t to teach you a programming language, but programming concepts; 3. "My First Coding Book" by Kiki Prottsman; Teaches children how to understand and use basic algorithms and bug fixes with eye-catching illustrations and hands-on sliders. 4. “Girls Who Code” by Reshma Saujani; Part how-to, part girl-empowerment, and all fun.

5. "Computers and Coding" by Rosie Dickins. An interactive introduction to information and communication technology, which explains what goes on inside computers to make them do what they do; 6. “Computational Fairy Tales” by Jeremy Kubica; Computational Fairy Tales introduces principles of computational thinking, illustrating high-level computer science concepts, the motivation behind them, and their application in a non-computer-fairy tale-domain.