Robotics & Coding
Build a Box Robot Activity Book
- Type
- Activity books
- Format
- Printable A4 PDF, 8 pages
What is a robot and how does it work? Children learn the parts of a robot, then design and build their own from empty boxes and bottle caps with a grown-up.
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What's inside
- Robots around us: spot the robots at home, in factories and in hospitals
- Parts of a robot: sensors, brain and motors, explained with pictures
- A design page to draw your own robot
- Step-by-step build guide using recycled boxes
Skills your child practises
- Design thinking
- Following instructions
- Early engineering ideas
- Creativity
How to use it at home
- Collect empty boxes, toilet rolls and bottle caps a week before you start.
- Let your child make the design choices. The grown-up's job is cutting and gluing safely.
- Ask your child to explain what each part of their robot does.
Printing tips
- Print on A4 paper at 100% (actual size), not 'fit to page'.
- Black-and-white printing is fine; children will add the colour.
- Slip pages into a plastic sleeve and use a whiteboard marker to reuse them many times.