Description
The MakeKit Wheel:bit is a three-wheeled micro:bit robot car students build from scratch and code themselves. Clip a pen to the front and the micro:bit car becomes a drawing machine — turning geometry and angles into art the whole class can see.
What's included and how it works:
- A build-your-own micro:bit robot car with laser-cut, sustainable parts, designed and made in Oslo, Norway
- An open, customisable design — rebuild the body in cardboard, or design your own with a 3D printer or laser cutter
- Attach a pen to the front to turn it into a programmable drawing machine
- Code in MakeCode blocks, JavaScript or Python, or load a ready-made program
- Suitable from age 11, and simple enough to start with no prior coding experience
- Please note: a BBC micro:bit is required (not included) and can be reused across other MakeKit builds
What your students practise:
- Coding and computational thinking
- Maths — geometry, distance and angles through the drawing robot
- Physics and design — motors, acceleration and building a car that actually works
Most micro:bit cars arrive pre-built and closed. Wheel:bit is made to be pulled apart, changed and rebuilt — repairable, sustainable and genuinely the student's own.
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