Course Description:

Embark on coding adventures with the mTiny robot. This course introduces young learners to the fundamentals of coding through story-based missions and interactive screenless play.

Optional Take Home Element: mTiny Robot Discovery Kit complete with Smart Coding Pen, Map Tiles, Coloring Expansion and Accessories.

What You Will Learn

• • Unplugged Programming: The core concepts of Sequencing, Debugging, and Control Flow (loops/repeats) without the need for a screen, tablet, or external code editor.

• • Computational Communication: Using Input and Action Cards to provide clear, sequential instructions to a robot, focusing on the precision of algorithms.

• • Social-Emotional Modeling: Connecting code to human behavior by modeling how mTiny (Panda) changes its facial expressions and movements in response to real-world social scenarios (e.g., losing ice cream, building a sandcastle).

State Standards Alignment

This course aligns with foundational skills across Computer Science, Engineering Design, and Social/Emotional Learning, specifically covering the following standards:

• • CSTA 1A-AP-08: Model the way programs store and manipulate data (using repeat/loop cards); 

• • CSTA 1A-AP-10: Develop programs with sequences and simple loops; 

• • ISTE 5.a: Formulate problem definitions (solving mazes); 

• • ISTE 6.b: Practice responsible digital citizenship (implied through classroom and emotional expectations);

• • NGSS K-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information (troubleshooting why the robot didn’t reach the bamboo).

Over four half-day sessions your student will learn valuable skills, make new friends, and get a taste of what it is like to be on a competitive Robotics team!

Following this taster camp we will have opportunities for your learner to join one of our competitive teams in the Fall.