Buy micro:bits from Parallax and We Reinvest in Educational Support

Dear micro:bit community:

Parallax has worked hard with our community to become the top micro:bit supplier in the USA. Having supported many microcontrollers in educational environments over the past 25 years, we see the micro:bit as the best solution—it simply checks all the boxes!

When you purchase from Parallax, you are supporting the following:

• Free curriculum for robotics, cybersecurity, electronics, and Python
  • cyber:bot curriculum uses the cyber:bot robot kit for Python scripting, sensor circuits, wireless control, cybersecurity and the use of several add-ons (Gripper 3.0, QTI Line Follower, etc) 
  • What’s a Microcontroller? with Python curriculum is a pre-engineering program for middle school and high school that reinforces the basics of electronic signals, calculations, and measurement of them with CyberScope
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum is the first of its kind and shows students how to apply AI to create Python scripts. 
  • cybersecurity curriculum to teach the fundamentals of cybersecurity using wireless communication, encryption, robotics and hardware hacking
• Teaching Guides, Standards Alignment, and Assessments, send an e-mail to learn@parallax.com and we’ll provide access to the educator-only content.
• Parallax’s free Educator’s Workshops. We send hardware out to instructors across the country in advance of the workshops. The Educator’s Workshops are scheduled seasonally and are entirely free. They’re also available on our YouTube channel in case you want to learn on your own. You will also see us at ISTE,  Cyber.org’s EdCon, and North Dakota Ignite this summer! 

To make purchasing easier, the micro:bit shop streamlines the organization of our micro:bit products into categories. These are the direct links to key resources in the micro:bit shop:

• micro:bit shop modules
• micro:bit shop robotics   
• micro:bit shop educational kits   
• micro:bit shop accessories  
• micro:bit shop curriculum 
• micro:bit shop Educator Hotline

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation partnership has been available for us to ensure our technical efforts are well-placed and long-term support is in place for Parallax customers.

Buy micro:bit modules from Parallax and we’ll be able to continue to grow the free ecosystem and community. 

Sincerely, 

Ken Gracey 
Parallax Inc.