Sam Labs UK

26/10/2020

We're excited to announce our NO Tech STEAM at Home Packs with Strawbees to our favorite educators! Yes, you read that right - NO Tech! Created with a focus on design challenges that encourage students to use their imagination, to use everyday items, and to use computational thinking and problem solving skills, the STEAM at Home Pack engages students in unplugged STEAM activities that can be done at home! These one-to-one packs are low cost, but high value! See the included lessons now here!

21/05/2020

Homeschooling is not as difficult as you thought when you have the resources to help. Check out how our kits and free lesson plans can help you facilitate STEAM and coding in the home environment.
https://samlabs.com/uk/digital-and-distance-learning

15/05/2020

UPDATE: We've extended our contest! The new deadline is 1st June 2020. Get your submissions in.

: We’re giving three lucky winners the chance to win an Alpha Kit over the next three weeks. This comic strip is taken from our Key Stage 1 STEAM Course - ‘The Seasons Clock’🤔🙄😬🥺🙃

To enter:
1. Like our SAM Labs UK page
2. Comment below using 5 emojis to caption Little Blocky's situation (I’m sure we can all relate to this one)

Contest ends 11:59 PM BST on 1st June 2020. We will be selecting three winners based on the best captions.

UK residents only and must be 18+. For full T&Cs, click the link in the comments section below.

05/05/2020

Our Learn to code kit is now available in alpha size for home learning:
📚50+ UK curriculum-aligned lessons for Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
💻Free access to Google Workbench, an immersive block-based coding app
🔧A versatile, fun and intuitive introductory kit to coding
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Designed for parents of all levels of coding experience
⏳Limited time offer of £65!
Check it out https://shop.samlabs.com/collections/kits-1/products/learn-to-code-alpha-kit

01/05/2020

ALERT: We’re giving three lucky winners the chance to win an Alpha Kit over the next three weeks. This comic strip is taken from our Key Stage 1 STEAM Course - ‘The Seasons Clock’🤔🙄😬🥺🙃 :

To enter:
1. Like our SAM Labs UK page
2. Comment below using 5 emojis to caption Little Blocky's situation (I’m sure we can all relate to this one)

Contest ends 11:59 PM BST on 15th May 2020. We will be selecting three winners based on the best captions.

UK residents only and must be 18+. To read full terms and conditions, click the link in the comments section below.

01/05/2020

☆🄶🄸🅅🄴🄰🅆🄰🅈☆ Over the next three weeks, we will be doing weekly giveaways every Friday. Follow us on a fun adventure.

28/04/2020

👾 We put our heads together and asked one of our SAM Labs tourney staffers to come up with some project inspiration for students for the Creators Competition, and it didn't disappoint. You gotta see this! 👀 Could your students make a project like this?

https://hubs.ly/H0pS3Th0

24/04/2020

Using RGB LED blocks, chalk and star stickers, students can recreate their favorite constellations. We started with Orion, but the possibilities are endless! Check out our STEAM course for more lessons with real-world application here:
https://hubs.ly/H0nrT5v0

22/04/2020

Amazing News Educators!

SAM Labs wants to support teachers by offering free Professional Development from now until the end of June. To check out our various times and offerings in more detail, please go to this page: https://hubs.ly/H0pJ5PK0

21/04/2020

🏠 Kids have been sent home, but what now? We’ve put together a blog on how to not only speak to children about the virus but included a number of free curriculum activities you can use to engage them while they’re stuck at home.

https://hubs.ly/H0nHfZ20

20/04/2020

Hundreds of parents choosing SAM Labs Alpha kit to teach children steam and coding at home. What are you waiting for?

17/04/2020

Looking for a way to keep the conversations alive while classes are remote? We’ve rounded up eight of the top free tools schools can use to ensure communication becomes one less thing to worry about while students are out of the physical classroom. 🗣️

8 Free Ways to Teach STEAM Remotely To Students at Home For many schools, the shutdowns caused by COVID-19 to prevent the spread of the virus across the United States have been unprecedented. This has left educators at many extreme disadvantages, from online curriculum creation to figuring out the b...