All teaching phases
Start with patterns, sequencing and simple responses in Foundation Phase. Extend to investigations and data in Intermediate Phase, and to coding, systems and assessment in Senior Phase and FET.
YOUR FIRST SIX STEPS
From your first script to your own lesson.
Six four-hour workshops, completed in order. Begin with no prior coding experience and build a portfolio of projects you can use in your classroom.
THE FOUNDATION PATH
One skill builds on the next.
The intended rhythm is one module a month. At that pace, the foundation takes about six months, with room to pause and return. Dates and availability are confirmed when you enquire.
Springbot classroom foundations
Learn to unbox a Springbot, connect it, run a live MicroBlocks script, and explain how the kit will be managed in a real classroom.
Explore this moduleOutputs and interaction
Learn to design output patterns and input responses, and choose Green or Gold for a lesson on purpose.
Explore this moduleOn-board sensing and a fair test
Learn to turn a sensor reading into a CAPS-style investigation with a changed variable and a recorded result.
Explore this moduleDecisions, data and simple logging
Learn to use variables, thresholds and conditionals, and export a small data set learners can graph.
Explore this modulexChips: adding a sensor with intent
Learn to attach an xChip, read it in MicroBlocks, and justify why that sensor belongs in a lesson.
Explore this moduleFrom build to a CAPS lesson
Each teacher leaves with a lesson that has an objective, a learner task, an assessment, and a plan for 30 learners and 8 boards.
Explore this moduleMAKE IT WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL
Designed around real classrooms.
Shared equipment
Learn routines for pairing, caring for kits and rotating roles. In F6, plan a lesson for 30 learners using eight boards.
A foundation portfolio
Keep the five earlier module artefacts and your final lesson, together with evidence of classroom use and reflection. F6 and an accepted portfolio open the specialist phase.
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