Seeed Studio Launches Grove Zero Starter Kit for STEM Education

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Oct 02, 2017, 08:40 ET

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Seeed Studio announced its new Grove Zero STEM Starter Kit, which is a set of color-coded and magnetic electronic modules that teaches students about programming, electronics, design thinking, and logics. The Grove Zero modules are designed for STEM education and it allows teachers with no experience or lots of experience to bring the detailed lesson plans into their classroom and embed them in their learning system. The product will be available for $99.50 to the global education market on October 10^th at Seeed Bazaar.

"Our Grove system helps makers around the world build prototypes with development boards easily and quickly. However, writing code and connecting wires sometimes can be really difficult for early beginners, especially younger kids," said Chao Zhang, the product manager of Grove system at Seeed Studio.

To solve this problem Chao and his team has placed a MCU on each of the Grove Zero modules - they come preconfigured with set code which allows kids to just simply snap the modules together and get started. The modules can be reprogrammed as well with either a graphical approach, with options being either Microsoft MakeCode, or Seeed Studio's Module Matcher. To reduce the need of wires even further than their Grove connectors Seeed Studio has created versatile magnetic adaptors which let them snap the modules together in any way they want. These features make Grove Zero a great educational platform for all ages.

For teachers that are just learning STEM education topics, it can be very intimidating.

Almost 10 hours of open educational resources accompany the kit, and it becomes more interesting and more challenging as the book goes on. Grove Zero Kits allows teachers with no experience or lots of experience to bring the detailed lesson plans into their classroom and embed them in their learning system.

The Grove Zero kit includes one main board, 5 sensors, 2 actuators, and a power board. The Grove Zero kit starts at $99.50 and be available August 20^th. For more information about the Grove Zero visit the Seeed Bazaar at https://www.seeedstudio.com/.

About Seeed Technology Co., Ltd

Seeed Technology Co., Ltd, located in Shenzhen, China, is a leading open source hardware supplier in the world. Seeed has a significant influence in the worldwide Maker community. The company is dedicated to gathering technology, manufacturing, and distribution resources, providing a co-creating platform to global makers, and helping more ideas grow into distinctive products to fulfil diversified demands.

CONTACT: Molly Li
Marketing Manager
Seeed Studio
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