Young Engineers

Program Overview

RoboToys

The RoboToys program integrates robotic mechanical design with coding logic, helping students balance both to create optimized robots. Throughout the program, students build and experiment with various robots, deciding how to solve each robotic function through a mechanical adjustment, a coding solution or a combination of both. With the GoAlgo app, students implement sequencing, functions, parameters, conditions, loops, events, and multithreading while also experimenting with gears, movement systems, and mechanical structures. This unique balance of mechanical and coding problem-solving approach helps students understand how robots are engineered, developed, and optimized in the real world.

9-12 years

Age of children

75 min

Lesson duration

36 lessons

Curriculum length

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Program video

A RoboToys class at Young Engineers

Curriculum
Overview

Students explore transmissions, cams, oscillating mechanisms, and movement systems through hands-on robot building. They discover how force, motion, and mechanical structures work together to create functional machines.

Young Engineers students building together in a RoboToys class

Program Objectives:

Introduce students to coding logic.

Build a solid foundation in coding terminology and core coding concepts.

Strengthen algorithmic thinking, computational thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills.

Develop creativity through designing, refining, and debugging their own robotic behaviors.

Promote teamwork, collaboration, and independent thinking.

Lesson Flow

Learn

Introduction to the new concept and a quick recap of relevant previous topics.

Algorithm Discussion

Planning the step-by-step logic and predicting the robot’s behavior.

Build

Working in pairs to construct the robot.

Code

Writing the code needed to operate the robot.

Play & Upgrade

Testing, adjusting, and upgrading the robot’s design and code.

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