Students gain familiarity with electronic systems and logical inferencing tools that support all subsequent engineering and coding studies.

In the first portion of this course, students explore a range of simple electronics circuits and then create their own devices using batteries, LED lights, buzzers, motors, and switches. Through hands-on learning projects students develop accurate theories about how electricity works, which they will later apply when describing how a more complex machine, the Thymio educational robot, functions. In the second portion of this course, students learn basic skills for operating Thymio robots by using its onboard sensors to interact with surrounding objects. Students guide the Thymio robot through a series of interactive physical challenges, each of which develops logical reasoning skills, including prediction, inferencing, and project planning.