Hands-on engineering for ages 13 and up

Raising a generation of builders.

Their thinking. Their discoveries. A little help along the way.

Things children build in the Engineering Labs, set out together: a battery feeding a lit bulb, a switch, a tower of blocks, a house, a truss bridge, a robotic arm, gears and a pack of cells

Watch it come together

Parts become a build. A build starts working.

A lamp lights when the circuit closes. A robot comes together one part at a time. That is the feeling the labs are built around.

Circuits and Electricity
Open now
Light It Up
Wire a battery, a switch and a lamp, then close the circuit. This is the build children can open today.

Machines and Robotics
On the lab map
A robot, put together part by part
An illustration of where the lab map leads. The Machines and Robotics builds are not open yet.

What they build

Real parts. Real builds. Brought together.

The Engineering Labs are a map of builds across seven worlds. Circuits and Electricity is open today. The other worlds are on the lab map and are not open yet.

Circuits & Electricity
Open now
Light It Up
From one glowing bulb to a railroad crossing. A battery, a switch and a lamp, wired by your child.
Machines & Robotics
On the lab map
Hydraulic Robotic Arm
Pulley and crane, gearbox, a robotic arm controlled by fluid pressure.
Structures & Buildings
On the lab map
Earthquake-Proof Tower
Bridges, a tower that survives simulated shaking, a house from a scaled floor plan.
Energy & Environment
On the lab map
Electric Vehicle Engineering
A solar car, a dam and hydropower plant, a wind turbine, an electric vehicle.

Also on the map: Water, Materials and Chemistry; Motion, Flight and Space; Earth and Living Systems.

How it works

Real projects. Real explanations. Understanding you can see.

01
You open the labs
You create the account, add each child, and open the Engineering Labs for them from your dashboard. Each child signs in with their own code.
02
They build, and explain
Your child builds real projects on their own workbench, one at a time. Each finished build unlocks the next, once your child can explain how it works to Mr. Nerd.
03
You see what happened
The record of each session is in your dashboard, and a short summary email is sent after a session, unless you have turned those emails off.

A small house with a lit window, built from parts, with a wire running out of it

For parents

You see where your child got stuck, not just a score.

Your dashboard shows each child and what happened in each session - what they built and how it went. Mr. Nerd is an AI tutor and can be wrong, so its notes are labelled as its own view.

You set the schedule and see what happened after every session. Mr. Nerd is extra support alongside you and your child's teachers. It does not replace either. We want no child left behind, and we cannot promise that result.

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