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Bitsbox & ‘Troop Zero’ Team up to Offer a Free Coding Activity
‘Troop Zero’ and Bitsbox Inspire Kids to Express their Individuality
Is creating part of who you are? Try something new, something to show the universe who you are!
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Celebrate girls in STEM with Bitsbox (a STEM subscription box for kids) and Troop Zero; a new Amazon original movie. Bitsbox is the first company to teach type-based coding to elementary and middle school kids, and more than a million kids have built apps on the website.
Troop Zero
Set in rural 1977 Georgia, in Troop Zero a free-spirited young girl dreams of making contact with outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record and become part of space history, with the help of an unlikely troop leader, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond. The film stars Academy Award® winners Viola Davis and Allison Janney, Mckenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Edi Patterson, and Charlie Shotwell.
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Girls Coding
48% of Bitsbox users are girls, so the connection to Troop Zero is a natural one. Coding is a language, and like any language, it takes time and practice to learn. Plus, languages are much easier to learn at a young age.
Also crucial at a young age is the encouragement to dream. Kids should be able to think freely about what they are capable of and what they aspire to be when they grow up.
Spread the Spirit of Troop Zero
To help spread the spirit of Troop Zero, Bitsbox will:
- Offer a FREE digital downloadable coding project, Troop Zero: The App.
- Include a FREE Troop Zero app project in every box delivered in February 2020.
- Featured a Amazon Deal of the Day on Sunday, January 19 – offering 50% off the first box when new consumers purchase a subscription
“At Bitsbox, our mission is to teach all kids to code by providing challenges – just like life – so they learn how to overcome – just like the Birdie Scouts in Troop Zero,” said Scott Lininger, co-founder and CEO at Bitsbox. “Amazon has been a tremendous collaborator for us, so we are thrilled to build on our relationship with this unique initiative.”
To get started with Bitsbox, kids start by typing the code on the project cards provided in each box, and then progress to modifying the code to make it their own. Ultimately, kids will build their own apps from scratch, which work on real devices like tablets and phones. Kids can watch the movie Troop Zero, get inspired, then live that inspiration through creating the app.
Watch Troop Zero on Amazon Prime Video starting on Friday January 17, 2020 and shop the Bitsbox Amazon Deal of the Day on January 19, 2020!
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