Learning Outcomes for Kids’ Classes

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.

Education Goals and Objectives

Children will leave the Robotics for Kids program with:

• A new love and passion for science and the knowledge that anyone, regardless of age, gender or background can become a scientist and use science in creative and innovative ways.
• A understanding of how scientists think, from forming an idea and hypothesis, collect information and use that information to make scientific experiments.
• A great understanding of how to use computers, how to make simple programs and use those programs to sense and react to objects in the real world.
• A practical knowledge of how electricity works and how electronic components can be manipulated using simple electronic circuits.
• A robot they have assembled themselves, along with other materials they can use to continue experimenting at home and in school.
• Robotics Badges and Certificates that shows the skills that they have learnt and the level they have reached in those skills.

Training Details

• Location: Fundi Space Kampala / the Fundi Bots office – Sayuuni Complex, 500 meters from Ntinda Stage, along the Kisaasi Road. Map directions here.
• Ages: 6 – 18. Children are grouped by age and skill level after an initial examination / interview.

Costs & Classes

Beginner Class
Time: 9AM to 11AM
Cost: 250,000 UGX

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.

Intermediate Class
Time: 11AM to 1PM
Cost: 250,000 UGX

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.

Senior Class
Time: 3PM to 5PM
Cost: 250,000 UGX

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.