Level 11
Drone Explorer
Children meet drones for the first time and explore flight, safety, movement and the science of flying through observation and guided experiments.
- What drones are
- How things fly
- Safety routines
- Movement & direction
The Programme
A 12-month STEM journey, built lesson by lesson.
STEMWORKS is a structured educational programme delivered across 48 sessions and four learning levels. Drones are the platform; science, engineering and computational thinking are the content.
12
Months
48
Structured Lessons
45 min
Typical Lesson
4
Learning Levels
K1–K2
Age-Appropriate Tracks
Structure
Four levels. One connected year.
Each level introduces new thinking, then revisits earlier concepts inside harder missions.
Level 22
Drone Coder
Sequencing, algorithms, route planning and debugging are introduced entirely through physical activities, command cards and floor-grid missions.
- Sequencing
- Algorithms
- Route planning
- Debugging
Level 33
Drone Mission Specialist
Children apply their thinking to real-world scenarios: agriculture, rescue, navigation and delivery missions with increasing complexity.
- Agriculture
- Rescue
- Navigation
- Delivery
Level 44
Junior Drone Engineer
Engineering thinking comes to the front: frames, sensors, cameras, age-appropriate AI concepts, design decisions and innovation challenges.
- Engineering
- Sensors & cameras
- AI concepts
- Design & innovation
How a lesson runs
A predictable rhythm children can settle into.
A typical 45-minute session moves through the same cycle, so children always know what kind of thinking is being asked of them.
- Observe
- Predict
- Plan
- Build
- Test
- Debug
- Improve
- 01
Gather & recall
A short circle time revisits the last mission and introduces today's challenge.
- 02
Explore
Hands-on investigation with real materials — no devices involved.
- 03
Plan the mission
Small teams lay out command cards or map a route on the grid.
- 04
Test & debug
The plan is run, observed, discussed and corrected.
- 05
Reflect
Children explain what changed and what they would try next time.
Screen-free command sequence
- Forward
- Forward
- Right
- Land
Sample mission
Rescue the Lost Puppy
A Level 2 mission that shows how computational thinking is taught without a single screen.
- 1
Plan
The team studies the grid: a landing pad, a river, trees, a no-fly zone and the puppy waiting to be found. Together they lay out a sequence of command cards.
- 2
Test
One child becomes the human drone and follows the sequence exactly — one card, one step. The rest of the team calls out each command.
- 3
Debug
The route lands in the river. Children discuss what happened, find the card that caused it and change the sequence.
- 4
Improve
The team runs the mission again with a better plan, then looks for a shorter or safer route.
This is computational thinking — without a screen.
Mission themes
Real Technology. Real Missions. Real Learning.
Mission contexts are drawn from genuine drone applications, then rebuilt as age-appropriate classroom challenges.
Agriculture
Children plan flight routes over farm plots, observe crops and decide which areas need attention.
Rescue
Search patterns, obstacles and no-fly zones turn problem-solving into a purposeful team mission.
Delivery
Packages, addresses and efficient routes introduce sequencing, counting and spatial reasoning.
Engineering
Frames, propellers and structures show why design choices change how something performs.
Sensors
Children explore how machines gather information about the world, and what they do with it.
AI Concepts
Age-appropriate discussions about how machines follow rules, spot patterns and make decisions.
K1 & K2
Two age-appropriate tracks, one curriculum spine.
The same concepts are pitched differently so both year groups are challenged appropriately.
Discover & Explore
Shorter sequences, more guided demonstration, sensory exploration and lots of movement. The emphasis is on curiosity, vocabulary and safe routines.
- 2–4 step command sequences
- Guided, teacher-led missions
- Emphasis on observation and language
- Simple grid work and direction games
Think, Plan & Engineer
Longer sequences, independent planning within small teams, structured debugging conversations and early engineering and design challenges.
- Longer multi-step routes and loops
- Team planning with less scaffolding
- Structured debugging and reflection
- Design and build challenges
The programme has been designed with reference to relevant principles within Singapore's Nurturing Early Learners framework.
What's included
Everything needed to deliver the programme.
- Instructor-led sessions
- Structured lesson plans
- Physical STEM activities
- Protected educational drones
- Physical coding materials
- Mission environments
- Progress observations
- Achievement milestones
- Protected educational microdrones
- Landing pads
- Large coding grid
- Direction cards
- Command cards
- Obstacle markers
- Mission cards
- Miniature buildings
- Trees & terrain pieces
- Farm markers
- Delivery markers
- Rescue markers
- Engineering materials
- Activity sheets
- Achievement materials
Exact equipment configuration may vary depending on programme implementation.
Safety
Designed With Safety at the Centre
Every element of STEMWORKS is designed to support safe, controlled classroom delivery in a preschool environment.
- Protected educational drones
- Age-appropriate equipment
- Defined activity zones
- Instructor-controlled live-flight activities
- Clear take-off and landing procedures
- Physical separation during flight
- Child-friendly safety routines
- Routine equipment checks
- Structured classroom management
The future will be built by curious minds.
Let Them Start Exploring Today.
Bring a year of hands-on, screen-free STEM discovery to your preschool.