Science you can hold in your hands.
No lectures about force and motion. Children build a launcher, aim it, miss, adjust, and work out why, which is how the concept actually sticks.
- ▪Motors & Movement: How a motor turns electricity into motion, starting with the very first build in session one.
- ▪Rotation, Gears & Circular Motion: Windmills, merry-go-rounds and wheels: the difference between spinning, rolling and going somewhere.
- ▪Force, Launch & Accuracy: Build a launcher and a goal kicker, then learn to control force rather than just apply it.
- ▪Levers & Mechanical Linkages: Horse legs, an alligator jaw and a drumming arm: simple machines doing visible work.
- ▪Balance & Stability: Assemble a ship and test what it takes to keep it upright. Physics with an immediate pass/fail.
- ▪Sound & Motion Together: A roaring lion that combines a sound mechanism with movement in one model.
- ▪Robot Design & Problem Solving: The spy robot session is open-ended: a design brief, simple missions, and no single right answer.
- ▪Teamwork & Persistence: Models fail before they work. Debugging a build is the real lesson hiding inside every session.
Twelve sessions. Twelve working models.
Each session pairs one build with one concept, one activity and one thing the student can explain afterwards.
Dancing Birds
Assemble the dancing birds model and observe vibration.
Understand how motors create movement.
WindMill
Build a windmill and observe blade rotation.
Learn rotational motion and the energy concept.
Horse
Build the horse model and study its leg movement.
Understand mechanical linkages.
Angry Birds
Build a launcher and run target practice.
Learn force, aim and accuracy.
Pirate Ships
Assemble the ship model and run a balance test.
Understand balance and stability.
Merry Go Round
Build a rotating ride model.
Understand circular and rotational motion.
Drumming Monkey
Assemble the monkey and its drumming action.
Learn repetition and rhythm.
Robotics Car
Assemble the car and test forward movement.
Understand wheel-based transportation.
Spy Robot
Build a spy robot and run simple missions.
Develop logical thinking and creativity.
Roaring Lion
Assemble the lion and its roaring mechanism.
Learn sound-based action models.
Hungry Alligator
Build the mouth mechanism and press action.
Learn lever and pressure systems.
Goal Kicker
Build the kicker and play a goal-scoring game.
Apply force control and coordination.
Who this is for.
Children aged 6 to 15
The widest age range in the camp, and the builds scale from simple assembly to open-ended design.
Kids who take things apart
This is the class where that instinct is the point rather than the problem.
Hands-on learners
Nothing here is delivered as a lecture. Every session is an assembly on a desk.
Future engineers
Motors, gears, levers, balance and force: the foundations, met early and physically.
Kids with too much screen time
Twelve sessions, twelve physical builds, no screens required.
Anyone curious how things move
The honest answer to “how does that work?” is usually: build one and find out.
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Class projects, build days, pitch days and student work, all posted as it happens on @bbtkids_.