The Starter Kit walks you through the basics of using the Arduino in a hands-on way. You'll learn through building several creative projects. The kit includes a selection of the most common and useful electronic components with a book of 15 projects. Starting the basics of electronics, to more complex projects, the kit will help you control the physical world with sensor and actuators.

Projects you can make:

    01 GET TO KNOW YOUR TOOLS an introduction to the basics
    02 SPACESHIP INTERFACE design the control panel for your starship
    03 LOVE-O-METER measure how hot-blooded you are
    04 COLOR MIXING LAMP produce any color with a lamp that uses light as an input
    05 MOOD CUE clue people in to how you're doing
    06 LIGHT THEREMIN create a musical instrument you play by waving your hands
    07 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT play music and make some noise with this keyboard
    08 DIGITAL HOURGLASS a light-up hourglass that can stop you from working too much
    09 MOTORIZED PINWHEEL a colored wheel that will make your head spin
    10 ZOETROPE create a mechanical animation you can play forward or reverse
    11 CRYSTAL BALL a mystical tour to answer all your tough questions
    12 KNOCK LOCK tap out the secret code to open the door
    13 TOUCHY-FEEL LAMP a lamp that responds to your touch
    14 TWEAK THE ARDUINO LOGO control your personal computer from your Arduino
    15 HACKING BUTTONS create a master control for all your devices!

Once you’ve mastered this knowledge, you’ll have a palette of software and ciruits that you can use to create something beautiful, and make someone smile with what you invent. Then build it, hack it and share it. You can find the Arduino code for all these projects within the Arduino IDE, click on File / Examples / 10.StarterKit.
Have a look at these video tutorials for a project by project walk-through.

The kit includes:

1x Examples CD
1x Arduino Uno
1x USB cable
1x Breadboard 400 points
70x Solid core jumper wires
1x 9v battery snap
6x Photoresistor [VT90N2 LDR]
3x Potentiometer/Variable  10 kilohm
10x Pushbuttons
1x Temperature sensor [TMP36]
1x Tilt sensor
1x alphanumeric LCD (16x2 characters)
1x LED (bright white)
1x LED (RGB)
8x LEDs (red)
8x LEDs (green)
8x LEDs (yellow)
8x LEDs (blue)
1x Small DC motor 6/9V
1x Small servo motor
1x Piezo capsule/Buzzer
1x H-bridge motor driver [L293D]
1x Optocouplers [4N35]
2x Mosfet transistors [IRF520]
5x Capacitors 100uF
5x Diodes [1N4007]
1x Male pins strip (40x1)
20x Resistors 220 ohm
5x Resistors 560 ohm
5x Resistors 1 kilohm
5x Resistors 4.7 kilohm
20x Resistors 10 kilohm
5x Resistors 1 megohm
5x Resistors 10 megohm