Arrow Electronics Encourages STEM Learning This Holiday Season
Arrow Electronics is making it easy for young innovators to build their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills this holiday season. The company is offering a collection of toys designed to teach key STEM-related concepts, including coding, physics and robotics.
Developed by Arrow partners, the options include examples such as:
- The Google AIY Voice Kit, which teaches kids how to build their very own voice-activated home assistant.
- R2-D2 Sphero. Star Wars fans can use a smart app to program the robot to complete missions and move just like it does in the movies.
- littleBits Gizmo & Gadgets. This enables young inventors to create hundreds of projects, including a wireless rover and a rotating light projector.
Arrow has committed to advancing STEM education on a variety of fronts. This past summer, the company sponsored a STEM event at its Centennial, Colo. headquarters to teach kids the fundamentals of motor control, electrical circuits, digital logic, programming and robotics through a series of hands-on activities.
The company is also a longtime sponsor of the FIRST Robotics Colorado Regional Competition, a regional contest pitting student-built robots against each other in a range of challenges, and the Cherry Creek School District’s Cardboard Engineering Challenge, which tasks K-12 students with crafting innovative creations from cardboard and other recycled materials.
Arrow’s education programming reflects the company’s commitment to developing a new generation of technology innovators.
For more STEM gift ideas visit: www.arrow.com/en/holiday/stem-toys-gifts-and-kits
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics guides innovation forward for over 150,000 of the world’s leading manufacturers of technology used in homes, business and daily life. With 2017 sales of $26.6 billion, Arrow aggregates electronics and enterprise computing solutions for customers and suppliers in industrial and commercial markets. The company maintains a network of more than 345 locations serving over 80 countries. Learn more at FiveYearsOut.com.
