Classroom Cardboard Creator Bundle - Middle School

Classroom Cardboard Creator Bundle - Middle School

• Grades: 6-8
• Number of Students: Up to 24

Highlights:

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Cardboard Creators: Middle School Engineering & Coding Bundle

Take cardboard to the next level with this Grades 6–8 bundle, combining advanced making, digital fabrication, and robotics. Designed for classrooms and makerspaces, it empowers students to engineer, code, and innovate with real-world tools and materials.

Students build ambitious projects using Makedo and ChompSaw tools, then integrate digital design with Shaper Trace and Cricut Joy Xtra machines—turning sketches into precise, cut components. The 3DuxDesign 6–9 Class Bundle adds renewable energy kits, circuits, and structural design challenges that connect making with real science.

Hummingbird Robotics Kits bring cardboard creations to life with motors, sensors, and micro:bits—supporting drag-and-drop or Python coding. CoDrone EDU drones teach flight programming, aerodynamics, and sensor use in engaging challenges. To extend coding skills, students also explore app development (MAD-learn), game design, and real hardware programming using Arduino, CodeBot, and CodeX Python kits—with projects ranging from smart devices to IoT builds.

Everything is stored in a Gratnells cart for classroom-ready organization. Professional development and structured lessons are included for all major tech tools.

Target Audience: Middle school STEM programs, makerspaces, and tech clubs looking for integrated hands-on learning across engineering, coding, and digital creativity.

Key Highlights:

• Advanced Making + Digital Fabrication: Students learn to design like engineers, using tools like Shaper Trace and Cricut cutters to create precise parts and custom graphics. This blend of analog and digital fabrication fosters a maker mindset and technical skills in CAD/vector design – all while using low-cost materials like cardboard.

• Engineering Design and Innovation: With wind turbine kits, solar panels, and circuits from 3DuxDesign, learners engage in deeper scientific inquiry (e.g., experimenting with blade designs for maximum wind energy). They experience the full engineering cycle: ideation → prototyping (in cardboard) → testing → iteration. Adding electronics and sensors to builds transforms static models into interactive prototypes, mirroring real-world product development.

• Coding Meets Crafting: This bundle uniquely marries coding and crafting. Whether it’s programming a Hummingbird cardboard robot, flying a coded drone through a student-built obstacle course, or developing a mobile app to accompany a project, students see coding as a tool to enhance their creations. This cross-pollination of skills solidifies their understanding and shows how software and hardware work together in innovative solutions.

• Preparation for Future STEM Pathways: By exploring Arduino, Python, and AI-oriented robotics (like the UBTECH uKit AI set), middle schoolers get a head start on high school-level and even college-level STEM content. They gain familiarity with text-based coding, microcontrollers, and algorithms in a very accessible, hands-on manner. In essence, this bundle provides a runway for students to go from tinkerers to budding engineers and programmers, all while keeping learning exciting and deeply engaging.

• Comprehensive Support: Educators are set up for success with included professional development and curriculum resources for the high-tech components (drones, UBTECH robotics, Python kits, etc.). No need to be an expert – the training sessions and step-by-step lessons ensure teachers can confidently guide students through new technologies. Plus, the modular nature of the bundle means it can support individual projects or interdisciplinary integration (e.g., an art teacher could collaborate to have students create kinetic sculptures, or a science teacher could use the drone and sensor kits for experiments). It’s a truly flexible, future-ready collection of tools.

What's Included:

• (2) Makedo INVENT - 360pc Kit for 12-24 Makers
• (4) ChompSaw Inventor's Bundle
• (4) Chomp Chow, Classroom Pack: Includes Cardboard, Cardstock, Foam, and Felt
• (1) Gratnells MakerSpace Cart with 3 Deep & 12 Shallow Trays
• (4) Gratnells SortED Removable Tray Inserts
• (4) Cricut Joy Xtra Educator Classroom Bundle
• (4) Shaper Trace
• (1) 3Dux 6-9 Class Bundle
• (3) Hummingbird Starter Flock (with micro:bits)
• (3) Rechargeable Power Bank for Hummingbird
• (1) STEM 101-Makerspace-Virtual PD - 2 Hour Session

Special Notes and Considerations:

Custom Bundles:

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