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Code and create

Empower students to design, build and code robots using Scratch with this free, curriculum-aligned STEM robotics workshop at Baylab!

Code and create

This interactive robotics coding session is designed to develop primary-aged students' digital-critical thinking and problem solving - all while having fun!

Over the course of the workshop, learners will take on 2 creative, health-focused projects that bring coding to life in ways that feel both fun and surprisingly meaningful.

Throughout both builds, students will build and program LEGO Spike robots, use Scratch to solve real-world challenges, see coding in action and understand how coding is used in everyday technology, and develop key skills such as team building, problem solving and communication.

The workshop supports key elements of the National Curriculum for computing at Key Stage 2:

  • Design, write, and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.
  • Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output.
  • Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

Location

The workshop takes place at Baylab, an onsite teaching lab in Bayer's UK headquarters in Reading.

Baylab
Bayer plc
400 South Oak Way
Reading
RG2 6AD

Important information

This is a free, 3-hour workshop.

Capacity is between 10-18 participants per workshop.

Fully supported by trained STEM facilitators with enhanced DBS.

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Topics

  • Computing
  • Mechanisms

Working scientifically

Whichever curriculum your school follows, pupils should have the opportunity to carry out practical investigations in science that help them to develop their scientific skills. This experience builds the following enquiry skills:

  • Asking questions
  • Evaluating

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Problem solving - Finding solutions to challenges

  • Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others to achieve a shared goal

Good for a career in...

  • Computing
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