Welcome to the new portal!
We’ve assembled this resources page to help SparkNC Lab Leaders get access to all of the support resources Betabox makes available for SparkNC.

Your one-stop-shop location for everything you need to support your Betabox + SparkNC Hands-on Learning Modules.


About Betabox

Betabox is a hands-on learning organization that helps K12 schools spark and sustain high-quality hands-on learning in the classroom. We've partnered with SparkNC in your mission to accelerate student progress on pathways to careers in high-tech fields.

What Betabox Offers to SparkNC

Betabox offers three modules to SparkNC Labs:

  • Onsite Field Trip + Pathfinder
  • Self-Driving Cars
  • Robot Arm


Available SparkNC Modules:

Onsite Field Trip + Pathfinder

Experience a Betabox Onsite Field Trip and learn tools to build your own career path.

Robot Arm

Build and control a robotic arm to complete tasks in a future factory.

Self-Driving Car

Build, code, and create with a self-driving car.

Kit Return + Reset Service
For the Self-Driving Car and Robot Arm Modules, we supply and support hands-on kits that students use during their module experience. We have supplied a few kits for each type to all SparkNC labs, and it is possible to request more kits for your lab if you have more students seeking to do the Betabox hands-on activities than you have kits.

Once a student has completed one of these modules, the kit will need to be 'reset' and returned to a disassembled state in order for the next student to complete a module with that kit. You can either disassemble the kit yourself (perhaps with some student help), or you can send the kit back to Betabox to be reset and returned to you. The resources and links to reset kits on your own, or to request to return them to Betabox are found on the resource links below.


🛤️ Field Trips + Pathfinder

Build and program a self-driving car.



Want More Resources?


Since your school is dual-enrolled in the Betabox NCDPI partnership program, you also have access to our Classbox.com STEM resources platform. Rent/buy equipment, access supplemental lesson plans, and more. SparkNC Lab Leaders receive a $1,250 grant to use on Classbox.
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FAQs

A list of common answers to frequently asked questions from Lab Leaders.
When a student is done with the Arm or Car module, you have the option to send the kit used back to Betabox for disassembly, part replacement, and cleaning. To initiate a kit reset, use this form. You can also request more kits on this form and set a delivery date for the arrival of the new kits to coincide with the date you are shipping kits to be reset, so you always have kits on hand.

Get In Touch

We are here to help and support you! Get in touch with a Betabox team member using the contact info below if you have anything large or small you need help with.

Sean Newman Maroni

Founder / CEO

[email protected]

Calendly Link

Best contact for:
Anything related to Classbox, general feedback or questions/ideas.

Justin Leonard

Lead Instructional Coach

[email protected]

Best contact for:
Anything at all related to technical troubleshooting of cars or robot arms.

Chris Wilcox

Operating Group Lead

[email protected]

Best contact for:
Kit return labels/shipments and mobile unit dropoff questions.