The Robo Bricks program introduces primary school children to the exciting world of robotics. Children learn to ‘think like engineers’ by building motorised robot ‘models’ using LEGO®, motors and batteries. They further program the robots to perform tasks using the LEGO® Wedo 2.0 app. Their robots learn to respond to environmental inputs using sensors, giving the children an end-to-end robotics experience! Students will:
✓ Be introduced to algorithmic thinking
✓ Build robots that mimics real-world machines
✓ Develop and test computer algorithms
✓ Learn how to code using a visual interface
✓ Learn software engineering principles like pseudo-code and flow charts
✓ Use sensors like motion and tilt sensors
✓ Get their robots to respond to the changing environment
✓ Develop critical thinking and creative problem solving skills
Overview of Robo Bricks Sessions
All sessions follows the Learn-Prototype-Code-Experiment-Imagine format.
✓ Learn – theoretical engineering and coding concepts
✓ Prototype – build a LEGO® model that works like a real-world robot
✓ Code – from pseudo code to programming language
✓ Experiment– students are encouraged to change the inputs and vary to code to study the impact of these
✓ Imagine – and play with the model the develop positive association with science
Robo Bricks Secondary Objectives
✓ Learn english software engineering terminology
✓ Procedural thinking
✓ Improve presentation skills
✓ Work in teams efficiently
✓ Familiarise with computer orientation
✓ Gain information system and media literacy
Robo Bricks Subjects
✓ Software Engineering: Commands, Terms Loops, Planning methods, Dynamic programming, Applied mathematics, Efficiency, Interfacing
✓ Mechanical Engineering: Complex arithmetic, Forces and laws of physics
✓ Algorithmic Thinking and Challenges
✓Fun Robots: Monkey, Candy factory, Donkey, Robot vacuum, Beyblade launcher, Soccer bot, etc.