Courses-TechTrek

TechTrek offers a comprehensive three-level STEAM coding curriculum for children age 5-12. Our courses are carefully designed to ensure that your child has the technical skillsand soft skills they need to complete tasks of increasingcomplexity. Each week, students participate in demanding, team-based missions and challengesgiving them the opportunity to put their new skills into practice

Future Tech Explorer is a fun and engaging STEAM coding course for our youngest learners. Filled with fun and inspiring characters and locations, this course gives 5-6 year-olds a positive introduction to the world of computer science and technology

The Big Flood

Location：At home

Team：Dr Steam

Mission：Dr Steam‘s home has had a disastrous flood and all his furniture has been damaged！ The team must work together to first design and then build some new furniture for him by combining different shapes and structures that we’ve learnt about

Goals:

Combine geometric shapes and

patterns to create new objects

Plan out ideas by drawing a simple

sketch before starting to build

Wait patiently while others in

the team have a turn

Magical melody

Location：The beach

Team：Donald, Ivan, Molly, Dr Steam

Mission：The team are having a party on the beach for some old friends, but their old record player has been ruined by sand on the beach. Now they need to work together to code a musical program and keep the party festive

Goals:

Place notes in the correct
sequence to make a tune
Can create an awesome
piece of digital music
Can describe something
they would change next time

The Future Tech Adventurer course builds students’ foundational coding and tech skills while revealing to them a wide world of fascinating challenges. Guided by our team of international tech experts, Future Tech Adventurer students undertake tough coding, tech, and creative missions each week. This two-year, 80 lesson course broadens and enhances students’ applied skills and inspires them to work together as they bravely approach real-world problems

The Sheik's Gift

Location：Dubai，UAE

Team：The 3D Brothers

Mission：The chief of Dubai is one of the richest people in the world, so his daughter has everything she wants. It is difficult for the poor chief to decide what birthday gift to buy for her. It is time for you to apply your skills to work and help create a customized, unique 3D printing clock.

Goals:

Discuss the performance of different
3D printed materials
Students can explain why customization
is a key advantage of 3D printing.
Students can successfully complete the

entire creative design process from

paper to product

Develop a variety of creative ideas and
choose the most appropriate ideas

Cold Hard Data

Location：Iceland

Team：Maya, Saif, Molly

Mission：A research center in Iceland has sprung a leak and the temperature control system isn't working! First step to getting it fixed is helping build a device to gather some data from the base to find out what needs to be fixed and where

Goals:

Create a temperature sensing system
and use it to collect data
Introduce a variety of sensors used
in different technologies
Explain the importance of
quality data collection
Support each other as they get
familiar with the new device

Designed for 9-12 year-olds, Future Tech Innovator gives students the opportunity to expand their integrated tech skills with a rich variety of coding challenges. At this level, students discover new programming techniques, languages, and methods. Innovator students put all of their skills into practice as they build knowledge and complete difficult team-based projects. The skills learned in the Innovator course serve students in all aspects of life, providing a head-start on the path to becoming successful 21st century global citizens

Admissions Test

Location：Oxford, UK

Team：Dr. J, Ivan

Mission：For this mission the team are visiting Oxford University to help automate their application process. The team must research this historic university and understand how the application process works. Then they need to create a vocabulary testing program to assess every applicants suitability this institution

Goals:

Search safely online for relevant
information
Can assess the value of information
found while researching
Can create a word test program
using lists
Can use logical methods to debug
their program as it is made

Climate Challenge

Location：Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Team：Saif, Maya, Molly

Mission：The Mayor of Rio has asked for help understanding how climate change might effect the city. In order to do their research, the team must put their programming skills to practice and make a weather station using a Raspberry Pi and use it to collect relevant data

Goals:

Can introduce the inputs and outputs
on a Raspberry Pi
Create a weather station module
to collect data
Conduct analysis on the data collected
Can present their findings to the group