CHOOSE YOUR SPECIALIST STRAND

Take your teaching further.

After the foundation, choose a strand that fits your subject. Eleven modules across seven strands give you room to specialise without completing the whole catalogue.

SEVEN DIRECTIONS

What would you like to build next?

Technology · EGD · maker clubs

3D enclosures

Turn a board into a design brief. Measure, prototype and adapt an enclosure for classroom use.

A1 · 3D enclosure building

Grades 8–12 · IT · CAT

MicroPython

Move from blocks to Python, then build a logger and an assessed class project.

A2 · MicroPython 1: from blocks to code A3 · MicroPython 2: files, logs and a class project

Coding & Robotics · Technology

Robotics

Use servos, motors and sensors to build a mechanism with a purpose.

A4 · Robotics with servos and motors

Grades 7–12 · CAT · IT

Phone apps

Use MIT App Inventor to turn a live sensor reading into a simple phone interface.

A5 · App Inventor: the phone as the interface

Science · Geography · space clubs

Radio & ground stations

Explore radio links, antennas and range before setting up a tinyGS ground station.

A6 · Radio 1: waves, antennas and a link budget A7 · Radio 2: a tinyGS ground station

Physical Sciences · Technology · Mathematics

Smart rocketry

Compare a simulated flight with measured data, then explore thrust measurement under specialist supervision.

A8 · Smart rocketry 1: fly, measure, compare A9 · Smart rocketry 2: engine tests on a load cell

Science · Geography · Technology

Space missions

Design a balloon payload and develop a two-page proposal for a flight or analogue experiment.

A10 · Space missions 1: a high-altitude balloon payload A11 · Space missions 2: from balloon payload to an ISS-style experiment

PLAN YOUR PROGRESSION

Foundation first. Then follow your interest.

Enter with your foundation

Complete F1–F6, teach your final lesson and have your foundation portfolio accepted before booking advanced modules.

Complete part 1 before part 2

For MicroPython, radio, rocketry and space missions, take the first module before the second. Different strands can be taken in any order.

Choose a suitable project

Specialist radio, rocketry and flight activities depend on suitable equipment, permissions and supervised facilities. Simulations and bench tests support learning before field activities.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Bring practical STEM into your classroom.

Tell us your teaching phase, subject and the experience you would like to build. We’ll help you choose a starting point and confirm dates, venue, kit arrangements and fees.

Enquire about the Academy