Little Engineers – Level 1 Mechatronics | Islamic Schoolers Online Homeschool (Stem Course)

Little Engineers – Discovering How Things Move

Level 1 Mechatronics | Ages 10–14 | 5 Hours | 8 Units | Self-Paced

Does your child love taking things apart, building with cardboard, or asking “but how does it work?”  This course was made for them.

Little Engineers – Level 1 Mechatronics is a complete, self-paced full-year engineering course for children aged 6–10. Through 8 hands-on units, your child will discover the science behind everyday machines, from the seesaw at the playground to the gears inside a clock, and learn to think, build, and problem-solve like a real engineer.

Every lesson is built around watch, learn, build, and record, so your child is never just reading or listening. They are always doing.

What Your Child Will Build:

• A paper airplane tested for speed and direction
• A working popsicle-stick catapult
• A rubber band-powered car tested on different surfaces
• A marble roller coaster with 3 hills
• A model elevator with a pulley system
• A hand-crank fan using cardboard gears
• A spring-powered car and jack-in-the-box
• A Rube Goldberg chain reaction machine using 4+ simple machines

What Your Child Will Learn:

• Forces, motion, speed, and direction
• Levers — fulcrum, load, effort, and mechanical advantage
• Wheels, axles, and friction
• Inclined planes, ramps, wedges, and angles
• Pulleys — simple and compound systems
• Gears and gear ratios
• Springs and elastic potential energy
• How to combine simple machines into complex devices