Back to School: Group Projects

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To help kick off #BacktoSchool month we’ve compiled some of our favorite Adafruit kits and guides for great group projects! We’ve got a bunch of Circuit Playground Kits and so much more below to help your young makers get excited for Back to School!

 

Don’t forget to take a look at our projects/kits category in the Adafruit Store and our searchable Adafruit learning system full of online tutorials! Happy making!

 

Project kits

Chibitronics Starter Kit with batteries, LED stickers, book and copper tape
Chibitronics Starter Kit
$29.95
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack showing kit contents, with boards, PCBs, wires and power supplies
Adafruit Metro 328 Starter Pack
$44.95
Assembled Drawdio kit on a blue pencil with copper tape wrapped around it.
Drawdio kit
$17.50
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit - 3x4 Keys + Encoder + OLED
$49.95
Top view of MacroPad add on pack
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Enclosure + Hardware Add-on Pack
$4.95

Circuit Playground Kits

A collection of electronic parts included in kit.
CircuitPython Starter Kit with Adafruit Itsy Bitsy M4
$24.95
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
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
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
Rectangular case for Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit.
Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit
$29.95

Gemma Kits

Assembled electronic parts included in kit next to a plush Owl.
GEMMA Talking Toy Guts Sound Pack
$19.95
Kit contents shot with circular microcontroller with copper pads, needles, coin cell battery holder, sewable LEDs, micro USB to USB-A cable, alligator clips, and conductive sewing thread.
Gemma M0 Starter Pack
$27.95
A collection of electronic parts included in the starters pack.
Adafruit Gemma Sequin Starter Pack
$17.95

Shareable Gear

Two piece adjustable soldering iron with blobby temperature adjustable body and separate fancy holder
Digital Genuine Hakko FX888DX-010SV (936 upgrade)
$129.95
Collection of many electronic hand tools and soldering equipment
Ladyada's Electronics Toolkit
$100.00
Black Nylon Screw and Stand-off Set with M2.5 Threads, kit box
Black Nylon Machine Screw and Stand-off Set – M2.5 Thread
$16.95
A plastic storage box full of various electrical components.
Adafruit Parts Pal
$19.95

Learn Guides

Drawdio: A pencil that lets you draw with music!
Drawdio
Make any toy make simple sound!
Chirping Plush Owl Toy
Chibitronics Trapper Keeper
Circuit Sticker School Binder
Make your Arduino walk and chew gum at the same time.
Multi-tasking the Arduino - Part 1
Create a full scale tone piano using CircuitPython, capacitive touch and some cute little fruits.
Circuit Playground Express: Piano in the Key of Lime
Twelve buttons, an OLED, and rotary encoder - it's the MacroPad RP2040!
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040
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