littleBitsSTEAM Student set, Up to 3-students

Rapid delivery and good quality. My students and I love littleBit products.

I was hoping this would work well in my middle school classroom. It wowed them the first day, but then interested dropped quickly. The kit says it works for up to 4 students, but only if they are working on completely separate projects. I'd say this is better suited to 2 students, or 1 really. Probably better for upper elementary rather than middle schoolers as well, given that it is pretty basic. Kids today don't seem to "dabble" as much as previous generations so the novelty of this kit can wear off once they've built everything.

So disappointed. Got it and it was obviously used. For this kind of money everything should have been new.

I wrote a grant to get 4 sets of these for my classroom. My gifted students absolutely love inventing things and I think the concept is amazing. That said, my students treat these with extreme care but they break SO easily. Each replacement part is $5-$15. I'm a public school teacher, there just aren't funds for replacement. It's very disappointing and I wish there was a way they could make these sturdier so that my students could enjoy them more.

It is nice, I love it!

Expensive....but valuable. My son is almost 7 and this is his second LittleBits kit. He's the type of little builder that loves legos, minecraft, and really anything in which he can assemble and then modify to his desire. The creativity of the kit is that its not just setup for the lessons, but can be creatively used to build. He's already designed a 'robot arm' and space car along with completing about half of the lesson book/instruction manual.I have to say that production quality is improving, or my last set was preproduction. Much more effort and production finish was put into the lesson manual. Each lesson has the methods, explains the pieces and then has a section for introspection and creative thinking. He's not much of a writer at 7, but we talk through his creations, why he built them and what they could be used for in real like or even his imaginary one. I hope to continue adding pieces to this kit so that he can build even more complex rube goldberg type machines.-1 star for being so darn expensive. This kit should really cost half as much as it does - Lego kits, albeit without motors or circuits, are considered expensive at $100. tripling that without a visible reason for the cost increase will limit those willing to spend for it. If this is marketed for the classroom, I hope that there is a discount for schools.

Fun

This is my 2nd LittleBits set I've reviewed and I still like the basic concept of modular electric and electronic components. This time they've responded to the main problem with the first generation sets: that the modules fall apart easily, by providing a Lego like backing board that attached modules can snap into allowing for more durable creations.However, there seems to be a manufacturing defect in one of switches, so I couldn't satisfactorily complete the build a vehicle task. I can imagine some unhappy children if a common problem.Materials are glossy and easy to follow if light on Physics. My son raced through making things without wanting may belabored explanation about what resistors are.So, a great and fun concept that improves on the original, but light on science and with troubling reliability.