Course Details

Beginners Level Robotics Course for 6 to 10 year olds is available here. This course covers 2 themes with 6 projects. The Amazing Mechanisms theme focuses on Physical Science concepts [Theme A] and the Wild Animals theme focuses on Technology, emphasizing the concept of sensing and responding to external stimuli [Theme B].

Theme A

• Dancing Birds: students learn about pulleys and belts, experimenting with the size of pulleys and the crossing and uncrossing of the belt.
• Smart Spinner: students investigate the effect of smaller and larger gears on a spinning top.
• Drumming Monkey: students learn about levers, cams, and patterns of movement. They experiment with the number and position of cams, using them as the effort causing the monkey’s arms to drum up and down on a surface at different rates.

Theme B

• Hungry Alligator: students program the alligator to snap its jaw shut when the motion sensor sees something near its mouth.
• Roaring Lion: students program the lion to sit up and then lie down and roar when it senses a bone.
• Flying Bird: students program the tilt sensor to activate a flapping sound as they move the tail up and down, flapping the wings. They also program the motion sensor to activate a tweet sound when the bird tilts down to its feet.