Robotics for Kids Classes are fun and exciting classes for kids aged 6-18, designed and taught by the awesome Fundi Bots team! We have two different options for classes: Weekend Classes, which take place for two hours each Saturday and Holiday Classes which take place for two hours per day for two weeks during the official school holiday.
The sessions will explore themes such as electronics, structural design, mechanical systems, computer programming, energy and how robots work and move.
At the end of the class, the students will have built a robot which will be used in subsequent trainings.
The Robotics for Kids Classes are paid classes and take place in cycles.
Children will leave the Robotics for Kids program with:
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In this great introduction to the wonderful world of science, students learn about electricity and magnetism, they will experiment with simple electronics components like motors and resistors. They will also learn to use electronics to detect physical things like light and touch. At the same time, they will get a fun and exciting introduction to programming and use that to create simple animations on the computer. They will also use tools like Lego to explore structures and mechanical principles.
Finally they will use that knowledge to design and assemble a simple robot, which they will continue to use as a learning tool for the next stage.
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In this class, students build on principles on electricity and magnetism. They are also introduced to more advanced electronics components like capacitors and transistors, and timing circuits and explore the interaction of machines and computers. The students also learn how design and assemble electronics components on breadboards. The programming also gets more advanced as the students learn to use Scratch to manipulate electronic components using simple computer programs.
At the end of the class, they will design and assemble a robot, which they will continue to use as a learning tool for the next stage.
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Things get a little more intense in the senior class. On the programming side, students get a quick introduction to visual programming with Scratch (covered in the Junior and Intermediate classes) and then are introduced to more technical programming using Arduino. On the physical side, they are quickly introduced to basics electronics and then move on to more complex electronics principles and circuits while learning how to program electronics components and use them to sense and change things in the real world.
At the end of the class, they will select a challenge for their final project and will also design and assemble a more advanced robot, which they will continue to use as a learning tool for the next stage.