The features of your Learning Platform Account in detail
Once you create a free account on the Forward Education Learning Platform, you will have access to a variety of lessons, projects, tutorials, courses, resources and more!
Dashboard
This is the main page of the Learning Platform. It provides a quick overview of the Lesson Library, Educator Courses, Tutorials, and Featured Projects.
Lesson Library
The Lesson Library is where you will find all of your Climate Action Kit Lessons. These can be sorted by grade, filtered by topic, and searched through open text. Our new releases will appear at the top!
Top Menu
Another way to navigate the Learning Platform is to use the top menu.
"Teach"
The "Teach" section of the menu is where you can find a variety of materials just for Educators.
Tutorials
The Forward Education Tutorial Library contains quick, bite-sized video tutorials on the various sensors and components in the Climate Action Kit.
Projects
The Forward Education Project Library contains inspiration and examples of ways to expand on micro:bit, CHARGE for micro:bit, and Climate Action Kit projects!
Educator Courses
Here you will find a variety of free Educator Courses around topics like Coding with micro:bit, Navigating the Learning Platform, Setting up the Climate Action Kit and more! We are working on adding new Educator Courses soon. Stay tuned!
Educator Resources
From Slides to Troubleshooting Guides, the Educator Resources have a variety of materials for your and your students to get the most out of your Climate Action Kit.
Career Profile Library
The Career Profile Library is a collection of relevant real-world careers that tie directly to the lessons and projects from the Climate Action Kit. These Career Profiles are featured directly in each of the lessons in the Lesson Library to inspire students with potential career pathways related to the project they’ll be working on.
Standard Alignment
The Standard Alignment sheet is where you can find a detailed view on how the Climate Action Kit aligns to CSTA, CCSS, CCTC, ISTE, STEELS (PA), and many more!
For more information on the Learning Platform, check out our free Educator Course "Navigating Forward Education's Learning Platform".
