Lesson in a Box (Simple Robotics) is a complete set of electronics and teaching resources designed to enable successful cross-curricular lessons with minimal teacher input. The kit and teaching resources have been tried and tested by real students and developed by real teachers to save time.

When developing this kit, we aimed for it to be:

• Affordable
• Useful
• Robust enough for repeated use

All teaching resources are designed in a user-friendly way for teachers, including:

• Technician notes
• Lesson plans
• Workbooks or worksheets

These resources are supplied in:

• Microsoft Word
• PowerPoint formats
• PDF files

These formats can be copied, modified, and printed to suit your own teaching style. There is also a quick start guide to the Lesson in a Box kit, which provides an overview of:

• A summary of your new lessons
• How to set up your kit
• How to use the micro:bit
• Code examples
• And more!

The robots utilize the BBC micro:bit and our Klip Motor Driver board, specifically designed for this type of activity. It requires no soldering and is fully connected with alligator clips. The advantages of the micro:bit include:

• Ease of use
• A wide range of features
• Compatibility with coding languages suitable for all skill levels

The kit includes:

• 10 student sets and 1 teacher set of electronics (11 sets in total) supplied in a large reusable Gratnells tray.
• Each set contains:
• 1 x Kitronik Klip Motor Driver Board for BBC micro:bit
• 2 x Kitronik clippable TT motor boards (with cable ties and screws)
• 2 x right angle Hobby TT motors
• 2 x 5 spoke injection moulded wheels for TT motors
• 1 x set of 10 clamp cables
• 1 x ping pong ball for robot wheels
• A simple chassis template
• A USB stick containing all resources and the robot chassis template