What is the Climate Action Kit?
The Climate Action Kit is a STEAM learning platform that presents real-world challenges as opportunities to take climate action by building and coding functioning prototypes of real-life technology.
The all-in-one kit is designed to make teaching coding and computer science easy and fun for educators of any experience level.
Hear From Your Peers
How Kate Rice, Instructional Technologist from Monroe One BOCES, uses the Climate Action Kit in their districts.
How Do I Purchase Climate Action Kits using BOCES funds?
Below is the information you need to work with your BOCES Project Manager to purchase your Climate Action Kit classpacks.
BOCES Contract Number
Forward Education's Climate Action Kit is on the Erie 1 Purchasing Contract NYS ITCC-285-2024
Cooperative Services
Purchases are governed by CoSers 6360 and 6368 for Instructional Technology and for technology planning, design, and evaluation.
Training for BOCES Staff
When purchased by your BOCES, BOCES staff will be trained by Forward Education so they can facilitate STEAM, coding, and climate action lessons with their district partners.
Requesting a Quote
If you are a BOCES employee, you can use this form to request a formal quote for your Climate Action Kit Class Packs to be submitted to your BOCES project manager for purchase.
What's Included in the Climate Action Kit?
Climate Action Kits come with with everything an educator needs to teach coding, STEM, and climate action in the classroom from the robotics hardware to curriculum aligned lesson plans and step-by-step coding and building tutorials.
HARDWARE
Climate Action Kits
Our robotics components and building blocks are incredibly easy-to-use with the latest embedded smart technologies that take learning with micro:bit to the next level.
TEACHING RESOURCES
Learning Platform
Each kit includes everything a teacher needs to create exciting STEM activities in K-12 classrooms. The lessons are curriculum aligned and flexible for class time.
STEP-BY-STEP LESSONS
Coding Tutorials
Students learn at their own pace through easy to follow building instructions and step-by-step coding tutorials. This supports differentiated learning for the best outcomes.
