Robotics and Coding Programs:

Program: WIZARD1 (Click here)

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Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Age: 5 - 10

Course: Wizard-1 (Pre-Requisite: None)
Ages: 5 - 10 years
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)
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A Lego® Robotics course. Foundation and pre-requisite to all Robotics courses for ages 5 to 10. Build exciting robots. Use motors, sensors, gears, pulleys, levers, wheels and axles. Learn Engineering and Science concepts using computational thinking. Develop critical thinking. Attend classes, watch short two-minute videos. Construct robots. Program in LabView, a software with simple, drag-and-drop interface. Make the Robot move, react to stimulus like motion and sound. Solve challenges. Work independently and sometimes in group activities such as messaging between robots and computers.

Program: WIZPRO-1 (Click here)

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Age: 6 to 8

Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Course: WizPro-1 (Pre-Requisite: Wizard-1)
Ages: 6 - 8 years
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

This program advances kids from Wizard-1 program to the next level of Robotics by using coding techniques and creating more complex robots using Wedo 1 and Wedo2 Expansion sets. Kids use the Lego® Wedo Expansion sets provided in the class to work on several projects. This enhances their computer coding and design skills. Most Robots are intricate and require greater imagination and programming ability. Kids create complex robots that can move, make sounds, sense motion and perform other tasks. Kids also take part in creative exploration and create robots from imagination. On completing the course kids are adept at building robots using complex algorithms for programming sensors, motors and other electronic devices.

Program: WizPro-2 (Click here)

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Age: 8 - 10

Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Course: WizPro-2 (Pre-Requisite: Wizard-1/ Wiz-Pro1)
Ages: 8 - 10 years
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

This program is an extension to the WizPro1 program and a transitional course that leads to Wizard-2. It advances kids to a higher level of understanding of STEM concepts applied to Robotics. Kids who enter this program are already aware of motors, sensors, gears and pulleys and how to apply them in an innovative or creative manner. They now get trained on advanced sensors like sound sensor, color sensors and ultra-sonic sensors and how they can be used in Robot construction.Most commonly they are provided with Lego® Boost kits. Kids work individually or in groups to create a variety of Robots.

Program: Wizard-2 (Click here)

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Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Age: 10+

Course: Wizard-2 (Pre-Requisite: None)
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)
Age: 10+ years (relaxed to 9 years for WizPro graduates)
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This advanced level STEM Expansion Activity program has been designed for kids attending fifth grade and above (ages 10+). This course utilizes Lego® Mindstorms EV3 educational program and provides an engaging, instructor-guided series of STEM activities. Students create prototypes of actual Robots utilizing Lego® blocks combined with programming instructions written in LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS, a visual programming language used with Lego® EV3. Learners gain important skills in programming, coding with sensors such as color sensors, sound sensors, infra-red sensors and much more.

Program: Wiz-X (Click Here)

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Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Age: 13+

Course: Wiz-X (Pre-Requisite: Wizard-2)
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)
Age: 10+ years

This is an advanced Lego® Mindstorms EV3 program designed for kids who graduate from our Wizard-2 course. Students go into deeper understanding of advanced concepts in Robotics and create advanced robots created from Lego® Mindstorms EV3 core and Expansion set. They create robots from a variety of advanced projects available such as Tank Bot, Stair Climber, ZNap, Elephant, Spinner Factory, Humanoid. They learn advanced concepts of programming, basics of networking, computer hardware, and software. Computational thinking is stimulated utilizing by utilizing Lego® Mindstorms EV3 kits, computer lectures and equipment such as iPads, laptops or desktop computers.

Program: EV3-Prime

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Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills

Duration: 5 Months

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Age: 11+

Course: EV3-Prime
Pre-Requisite: Wiz-X/ Middle School
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)
Age: 11+ years

This course is ideal for those who wish to go for advanced techniques in robotics programming and engineering design using Lego® EV3 kits. It is also a natural transition from Wizard-X to go into more advanced level of robotics while maintaining a fun learning environment.
Students learn about essentials of robot construction, and programming necessary to make reliable, efficient and durable robots. Students are kept on track while paying serious attention to robot design, designing attachments and writing programs that make smart use of sensors , motors and accessories using the Lego® Mindstorms EV3 core kit and expansion kit. Kids get individual attention to focus on their weak areas and groom themselves to be competent builders and programmers.This course focusses on the robot gaming part which is the most challenging and fun for the kids and gives them an oportunity to compete among themselves in friendly games that are fun yet full of learning. Besides enriching their knowledge and skills on robotics, students embarking on this course will find themselves well-equipped to take part in challenging games and competitions such as First Lego League tournament held world-wide.

Program: Python For Kids (Click Here)

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Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills

Duration: 20 Weeks

Frequency: Once a week (1 hour)

Age: 8+

Course: Python For Kids
Pre-Requisite: Basic Programming/ Robotics
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week
Age: 8+ years

This course is offered online. Live sessions are held online using a camera equipped computer. Instructors provide live Designed for elementary school kids, it teaches basic programming using Python. The course aims to make serious concepts easy to grasp for kids. Python has very powerful features and is widely used today, second only to Java in usage and popularity. This course takes kids to a serious level of programming using a programming language. Kids start understanding basic programming concepts such as variiables, data types, loops and conditional statements. To make it fun for kids and keep them excited, the course includes simple fun games and use of a popular tool called Turtle which has elements of graphics. On graduating from this course kids can progress to more advanced level of programming in Python or learn another popular object oriented language like Java or C++. We recommend progressing to our Coding Plus program or learning Java. Every kid is different. Those who love tinkering with hardware, screw drivers, electronic devices should proceed to our RaspberryPi based Coding Plus course. Those who love to challenge thier mind and algorithmic thinking and love to solve puzzles and games like scrabble should proceed to advanced Python programming or learn further basics in a language like Java.

Program: Coding+ (Click Here)

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Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills

Duration: 5 Months

Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)

Age: 13+

Course: Coding+
Pre-Requisite: Wiz-X/ Middle School grduation
Duration: 20 Weeks
Frequency: Once a week (1.0 hours)
Age: 13+ years

This advanced course is designed for high school and college going kids or those who have completed advanced robotics courses like our Wiz-X course. Learners develop coding skills using Python language coupled with concepts of programming, basics of networking, computer hardware, and software. Computational thinking is utilized by providing lectures and demos using Raspberry Pi, a mini-computer that is programmed using the Raspbian operating system as well as Python libraries. Projects include creating LED traffic signal, building home surveillance systems, streaming live videos over the Internet, using sensors for weather tracking etc.