Back to School Gift Guide: Kits and Projects for Educators

AdaBot, Adafruit's boxy light blue robot friend, is wearing a purple backpack and standing in front of a black chalkboard that read "BACK TO SCHOOL" in white, chalky lettering. Adabot's back is facing the viewer.

Whether you’re teaching from home or teaching at school, we’ve listed our top picks to help you keep learning cool. If you’re in need of a project or kit, we’ve got just what you need for that perfect classroom fit. Make it walk or make it glow, learn about which boards are best to help you guide your students’ growth. So now that we’ve gotten that aside, scroll down below for our Kits and Projects for Educators Back to School Gift Guide!

We'll kick this off with one of our favorite categories in the Adafruit Learning System - the Circuit Playground series!

Kits: Under $30

Angled shot of loose booklet pages "Love To Code: Volume 1 Add-on Booklet Kit - Microsoft MakeCode Edition"
Love To Code: Volume 1 Add-on Booklet Kit
$4.95
Pimoroni Bearables Fox Kit
$17.50
Top down view of micro:bit v2 Go Bundle, Batteries and USB Cable.
micro:bit v2 Go Bundle - Batteries and USB Cable Included
$19.95
A plastic storage box full of various electrical components.
Adafruit Parts Pal
$19.95
Paper Signals Bundle with Feather, servo and various wires.
Paper Signals Bundle
$24.95
A collection of electronic parts included in kit.
CircuitPython Starter Kit with Adafruit Itsy Bitsy M4
$24.95
Top-down shot of a round dev board, alligator clips, a microUSB cable, and rainbow LED PCBs.
Code.org Circuit Playground Individual Kit Pack
$29.95
Adafruit PyBadge Low Cost Starter Kit with PCB, lanyard, battery and cable
Adafruit PyBadge Low Cost Starter Kit
$32.50

Kits: Under $60

Hand squeezing a water bottle into a potted plant with metal nail stuck into soil. Nail connects to Circuit Playground lit up green.
Circuit Playground Express Soil Sensor Mini Kit
$35.00
Adafruit PyBadge Starter Kit with PCB, lanyard, battery and cable
Adafruit PyBadge Starter Kit
$39.95
Top view of kit contents for Huzzah! Adafruit.io Internet of Things Feather ESP8266 - WiFi Starter Kit.
Huzzah! Adafruit.io Internet of Things Feather ESP8266
$37.50
MagTag dev board with enclosure pieces, four magnet feet, and lipoly battery
Adafruit MagTag Starter Kit - ADABOX017 Essentials
$44.95
Female holding an a assembled TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers Kit.
TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers Kit
$44.95
Adafruit 4x4 NeoTrellis Feather M4 Kit Pack
$45.95
Top view of kit contents for AdaBox018 FunHouse
Adafruit FunHouse Starter Kit - IoT Home Automation Exploration
$49.95
Bots! by Kathy Ceceri - Book and Parts Bundle showing many components, motors, LEDs, and more
Bots! by Kathy Ceceri - Book and Parts Bundle
$49.95
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit - 3x4 Keys + Encoder + OLED
$49.95
Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express book along with a collection of electronic parts included in kit.
Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express Book Bundle
$54.95
Top view of kit contents for Adafruit Prop-Maker Starter Kit - Make your own Lightsaber!
Adafruit Prop-Maker Starter Kit - Make your own Lightsaber!
$54.95

Kits: Under $100

Top view of kit contents, including an empty snowglobe, diffraction paper glasses, a disassembled ornament, Circuit Playground Bluefruit, LiPo battery, TFT Gizmo, enclosure, and hardware.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit Express Starter Kit
$64.95
Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328 with lots of components, and booklet
Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro 328
$84.95
Angled shot of a blue lunchbox with black-and-white circuit board-style packaging. Adafruit Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack.
Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack
$99.95

Kits for Educators

Top down view of 10 micro:bit v2 Go Club, Batteries and USB Cables Included.
micro:bit v2.2 Go Club 10-Pack
$199.95
Angled shot of educational electronic kit contents, including dev boards, alligator clips, USB cables, and LED PCBs.
Code.org Circuit Playground Express Educators' Pack
$350.00

Digital Gifts

Stylized graphic with US dollar signs and "Adafruit Gift Certificate" in filigree font.
$20 Gift certificate
$20.00
Credit card sized Adafruit IO+ Subscription Card $99."ONE FULL YEAR" against circuit board paper backing.
Adafruit IO+ 1 Year Subscription Card
$99.00

PPE

Light Blue disposable surgical style mask shown on a mannequin head
Child-Size Small Disposable Masks - Blue Surgical-Style - 20 pk
$9.95
Black cloth face mask shown on a mannequin
Simple Black 3-Layer Cotton Mask - Child Size
$0.50
Blue disposable surgical style mask shown on a mannequin head
Standard Adult Disposable Masks - Blue Surgical-Style - 50 pk
$39.95
Black cloth face mask shown on a mannequin
Adult PM2.5 Filtering Face Mask With 2 Filter Inserts
$8.95
White cloth face mask shown on a mannequin
Simple 3-Layer Cotton Masks - Adult Size - 10 pack
$9.95
Blue cloth face mask with math equations written in white shown on a mannequin
Filtering Mask with Math Pattern
$0.50
Silver sequined fabric face mask shown on a mannequin
Silver Sequined Fashion Mask
$0.50
Blue finger pointer shown with compartments open and foam sponge shown inside
No-Touchy Stick Pointer in Blue - 1 Per Order
$0.99
Pink finger pointer shown with compartments open and foam sponge shown inside
No-Touchy Stick Pointer in Pink
$0.99
White no touch thermometer shown laying flat and displaying a temperature
No-Touch Digital Forehead Thermometer
$49.00
Blue and white temperature scanner standing upright on the handle
Contact-less Infrared Digital Thermometer - Fever Scanner
$49.95
Blue nitrile gloves show being worn
Small Nitrile Disposable Gloves - 100 Piece Glove Box
$19.95

Guides for Educators

Run a workshop with EL wire, tape, & panel!
EL Workshop
The List: The Essential Hackerspace Checklist
How To Start A Hackerspace: The List
All you need to know to get coding with Microsoft MakeCode
MakeCode for Circuit Playground Express
Harness the power of the Adafruit Metro by making 18 Circuits!
Experimenter's Guide for Metro
Learn to build mechanisms, structures, and more with cardboard!
Cardboard Fundamentals
Make Blinka, Minerva, Crickit and Adabot!
Using Cutting Machines for Projects
Make and learn with this course on MakeCode and Circuit Playground Express
MakeCode Course for Circuit Playground Express
For screen capture and livestreaming, you can place your own camera view inside of MakeCode
How to Use Video Greenscreen in MakeCode
Show us what you are working on weekly on Adafruit's Show and Tell broadcast
Share Your Project on Adafruit Show and Tell
Want to teach kids to use microcontrollers? This guide is for you!
Best Beginner Boards for Teachers
Public schools in NYC and NY State can now purchase electronics from Adafruit
Adafruit New York and NYC DOE vendor information
Make Programming Lessons More Productive!
How to Use micro:bit classroom to Manage Programming Lessons
Todo lo que necesitas saber para comenzar a programar con MakeCode de Microsoft
Makecode para la Circuit Playground Express
Tout ce que vous devez savoir pour coder avec Microsoft MakeCode
Qu'est-ce que MakeCode?
Easily monitor ambient carbon dioxide levels!
RGB Matrix Portal Room CO2 Monitor
An interactive programming kit for CircuitPython, Arduino and MakeCode.
Black Lives Matter Education & Workshop Kit