Robot Factory Mission
Code the factory robot. Test the scribble bots. Make the machines do the work!
Built for Stage 3. Crews of four program a factory robot on an iPad to deliver loads to the right bay: predict, run, change the numbers, add a loop, add an "if". While they code, the rest of the class runs scribble bot fair tests, changing one thing at a time and explaining what happened.
Years 5–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
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What's In Robot Factory Mission?
A hands-on workshop about coding and machines: how do we make a robot do exactly what we want? Every crew codes a real robot and runs its own fair tests.
Opens with the factory robot making a delivery and a quick tour of the coding blocks on the big screen. Ends with the Factory Showcase: crews run their best robot route and share their scribble bot results.
Crews of 4 · coding station
Crews of 4
Crews of 4 · fair test
Crews of 4 · fair test
90-minute sessions
90-minute sessions
Year Levels
Years 5–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 3 — Robot Factory Mission
Stage 3 cards challenge crews to improve a robot's program so it makes smarter decisions in the factory.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 3 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST3-DDT-02 — The future can be shaped by building and connecting digital systems
Create, test and modify algorithms as visual programs that include branching and iteration
✓ ST3-DDT-02 — The future can be shaped by building and connecting digital systems
Use collected data to create an algorithm to perform a function
✓ ST3-DDT-02 — The future can be shaped by building and connecting digital systems
Recognise that data are entered, processed and transmitted in digital systems
✓ ST3-SCI-01 — Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed
Recognise that an electrical circuit transfers electrical energy from a source, through a pathway, to a device that transforms electrical energy into other forms of energy
✓ ST3-PQU-01 — A fixed amount of usable matter makes up all the material on Earth (skills focus)
Recognise that in a fair test, an independent variable is changed, a dependent variable is measured, and controlled variables remain the same
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Create, test and modify a visual program that includes a loop and an "if"
Use measurements to set the numbers in an algorithm
Explain how a robot's sensor reading changes what it does
Trace how electrical energy moves through a circuit and is transformed into movement
Change one variable in a fair test and explain the result
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 or 90 minutes
Session Time
Clear floor space for three robot mats plus five tables. A screen or projector for the opening. No school devices, logins or wifi needed.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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