Thames & Kosmos Robotics Workshop with Micro:Bit STEM Experiment Kit, Creative, Educational Coding & Programming Curriculum for Home & School Use, Utilizes MakeCode App to Learn Python, Javascript

Got this for my son for christmas and he absolutely loves it. We have now bought more micro bit chips and have been diving into making our own projects.

I got this for my 11-year-old son and he loves it, particularly the building. The coding is interesting, too, though it relies on an accompanying website which, so far, is working fine. It has the option of downloading the program rather than typing all the code out oneself.

I would have loved to have something like this when I was younger, too. Alas, we had Lincoln Logs and Erector sets. I was expecting out teen grandson to be very into this, but did not expect that his older sister would lobe it even more. They spent all Christmas Day putting it together and programming it. It is an amazing tool to gently push them toward a more engineering/technical career path and they love it.

This is a great STEM kit for upper elementary kids wanting to start learning about coding and robotics. Plenty of activities to keep them busy. We always love trying out a new Thames & Kosmos kit!

I am very impressed! My daughter and her Godsiblings, ages 11 to 14, put it together. Not only did they work together, but they were very proud of presenting it. Watching them work together and figure this out was amazing. I have to say, it provided enough of a challenge for them but wasn't too hard for them to lose interest. This is the most important part to me. Many times, those are either too easy or way too difficult. But this one, everyone agrees, was lots of fun, and everyone got to use their brain, as the kids told me. I would highly recommend it!

I am not writing a bad review for this site/seller just the product. I purchased this kit for my son who is interested in technology and robotics. I work on and program robots myself. This kit at first seems ok but as you get into the more complicated projects, it requires extension downloads and other block functions. Many of these "required" downloads are not supported by microsoft and dont allow download. When you do get them downloaded, after a few runs of the program they no longer run because the extensions require an update which WILL NOT UPDATE..???? And tech support???? Virtually non existent.

The Thames & Kosmos Robotics Workshop with Micro:Bit STEM Experiment Kit is really awesome. It's great for older kids and teens that are interested in coding and robotics. If your kids have played with Legos and Technics, this would be an upgrade to that, since you can now build and operate different robotics and learn about coding along the way. Being able to learn about open-source coding and being introduced to Python & JavaScript is a great part of this set. You can upload your code to the micro:bit hardware that is the centerpiece of any of the experiments. Overall, there are 20 different experiments to try and up to 14 different unique robots to build. The instructions are clear and easy to follow along as well.

This robotics workshop stem kit is awesome. Really teaches you the basics of robotics. lot's of design elements and creativity at work with this kit. Multiple designs that can be implemented and it really has kept my older kids attention and has gotten them interested in STEM. Worth the cost. Recommended for sure.