Wheels and axles poster
A box on wheels in six steps, with how the axle turns.
Goes with Make it roll!
Download the PDF, A3To print
Resources
Templates, posters and cards to go with the activities. Print what you need.
To print
Build a body
Split pin shapes poster
Join card strips with split pins, try three linkages, then invent a creature.
Goes with Kinetic shapes
Download the PDF, A3Matchbox box template
Cut out and fold a box for your automaton. Print at 100%.
Goes with Matchbox automata
Download the PDF, A4Square and triangle template
Draw round them on card. Every side is 12cm, so they all fit together. Print at 100%.
Goes with Kaleidoscope boxes
Download the PDF, A4The five nets
Five 3D shapes you can fold from squares and triangles.
Goes with Kaleidoscope boxes
Download the PDF, A4Square dot grid
Plan your robot from the front, the side and the top.
Goes with Build a cardboard robot, Kaleidoscope boxes
Download the PDF, A4Isometric dot grid
Draw your robot in 3D.
Goes with Build a cardboard robot, Kaleidoscope boxes
Download the PDF, A4
To print
Give it a brain
Paper circuit template
Lay your copper tape on it, actual size. Print at 100%.
Goes with Light-up card with a paper circuit
Download the PDF, A4Making a paper circuit poster
A light-up card in six steps.
Goes with Light-up card with a paper circuit
Download the PDF, A3Paper circuit trouble-shooting poster
Five things to check when the LED does not light.
Goes with Light-up card with a paper circuit, Paper circuit robot with two LED eyes
Download the PDF, A3micro:bit cards
Sixteen cards with the code for what a robot senses and what it does. Print both sides, flip on the long edge, then cut them out.
Goes with micro:bit name badge, Build a cardboard robot
Download the PDF, A4Robot ideas poster
Pick something your robot senses and something it does.
Goes with Build a cardboard robot, micro:bit name badge
Download the PDF, A3Robot ideas sheet
The same ideas to fill in, two to an A4. Cut it in half.
Goes with Build a cardboard robot, micro:bit name badge
Download the PDF, A4Robot name cards
Fold a card to give your robot a name and say what it does. Four to an A4.
Goes with Build a cardboard robot, Paper circuit robot with two LED eyes
Download the PDF, A4
