Takodo · for schools with micro:bits · ages 8–14
Open the box. Plug it in. Teach.
Takodo turns the micro:bits your school already owns into a complete engineering course: plug-in modules, slot-together cardboard and ready-to-teach lessons.
Why the engineering lesson doesn’t happen
1
Teachers aren’t engineers
Most kits assume someone in the room can wire, debug and fix hardware.
2
Already overloaded
Preparing one hands-on project can eat an evening. One loose cable can sink a whole lesson.
3
Toys or engineering nightmares
Closed kits teach pupils to follow pictures. Open kits drown them in wires.
Teachers need something to teach with.
Three parts. One lesson.
1
The brain: BBC micro:bit
The one your school already has.
2
The body: the Takodo box
Five colour-coded jacks. Motors, sensors and lights just plug in.
3
The build: pre-cut cardboard
Slots together. No glue, no scissors, no mess.
Cardboard robots that come alive!
What’s in a class set
Pricing for your school
6
kits for 24 pupils
Takodo boxes, plug-in modules and leads, for groups of four.
25
weeks of ready lessons
From first blocks to advanced builds, one project a week.
No
specialist skills needed
Step-by-step teacher guides and videos for every lesson.
Year
after year
The modules are reused. Only the cardboard is replaced.
Optional yearly plan with new courses and teacher support, and online teacher training. micro:bits not included.
One lesson, five steps
Every Takodo lesson follows the same rhythm, so pupils know what comes next and the teacher never has to improvise.
Fits one double period
80 minutes
1
Ask
A real problem to solve, like a bin that opens by itself.
2
Predict
Groups sketch how it could work and guess what will happen.
3
Build
Slot the cardboard together and plug in the modules.
4
Try
Code it in MakeCode, test, fix, test again.
5
Explain
Each group shows its build and says what they changed and why.
Pupils do the engineering. The teacher guides.
Bring Takodo to your school
Ask for a demo or a quote. We’ll come to you, set up a class set and teach one lesson with your pupils. You watch what happens.
Or write to hello@kartobo.com