My upper grade kids (4-6) are already familiar with and using Scratch in the classroom. I am developing a STEM lab and want to start connecting Scratch to their physical projects. I was originally thinking of using Arduinos, but is doesn't look like they are the most compatible with Scratch. Any recommendations for which hardware I should look into? Arduinos, pico boards? We have one Lego Mind Storm and one Lego We Do. I will be working with 24 classes so I am looking for hardware that is a bit more accessible to many students and is feasible to by many of.

We have access to iPads and a Mac Lab.

Thanks!!

I think pico boards is the anwser but i'm no pro

For ease of use, look at ScratchX. This extension uses the grove hardware.

For more flexibility (with grove or discrete hardware), take a look at s2a_fm for the offline version of Scratch or Xi that runs on ScratchX.

The pico baord does not have any actuators (LEDs, motors, etc) but only sensors.

Oops - my links did not show up:

Link1: http://scratchx.org/#scratch

Link2: https://github.com/MrYsLab/s2a_fm

Link3: https://github.com/MrYsLab/xi