Product Description: 

The STRAWBEES STEAM School Kit is a comprehensive, hands-on learning solution crafted to inspire creativity, innovation, and problem-solving in an engaging classroom environment. Designed for primary and middle school students, this robust kit includes over 4,000 high-quality, reusable components that allow students to dive into open-ended projects spanning engineering, architecture, mechanics, and artistic design. Whether constructing towering skyscrapers, thrilling rollercoasters, precise pyramids, or functional robotic arms, learners gain real-world STEAM experience that is both fun and educational. By working with five pre-cut straw lengths and four color-coded connector types, students are introduced to fundamental principles such as structural integrity, motion, balance, and spatial design. Ideal for collaborative group work, the kit aligns with curriculum standards and promotes inquiry-based learning, making it a perfect fit for classrooms, makerspaces, robotics clubs, and innovation labs.

What’s Included:

A complete classroom-ready set of over 4,000 reusable building components designed to support a wide range of STEAM projects and collaborative learning.

Connector Pieces:

• 1-leg Connectors (Blue) × 1024
• 2-leg Connectors (Yellow) × 512
• 3-leg Connectors (Green) × 512
• 5-leg Connectors (Red) × 256

Building Straws:

• 240mm Straws (Blue) × 512
• 205mm Straws (Green) × 360
• 112mm Straws (Pink) × 512
• 80mm Straws (Orange) × 256
• 48mm Straws (Yellow) × 256

Additional Materials:

• Clips × 160 – Provide additional structural stability and enable moving parts
• Pocketful of Ideas Card Deck × 1 – Creative inspiration cards offering challenges and build prompts
• Posters × 2 – Bright, engaging classroom visuals featuring STEAM activities and Strawbees ideas

Material Quality and Safety:

All components are manufactured from eco-friendly, child-safe plastic that’s durable and 100% reusable, making the kit sustainable and long-lasting for repeated classroom use. The parts are engineered for flexibility and precision, allowing students to explore structural concepts without limitations.

Educational Benefits:

The STRAWBEES STEAM School Kit is more than just a building set—it’s a gateway to interdisciplinary learning that connects science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics in a seamless, hands-on format. Students engage in experimentation, trial-and-error, and group collaboration as they develop vital skills such as:

• Engineering design thinking
• Creative problem-solving
• Collaboration and communication
• Logical reasoning and sequencing

Teachers can seamlessly integrate the kit into existing lesson plans or access structured lesson content via the Strawbees Classroom platform. From prototyping in STEM labs to storytelling through kinetic models in art classes, this kit supports endless educational possibilities.