Activity Name Description Key Concept
    Red Light, Green Light Children will explore the use of mTiny the robot and its Joystick Control mode, and understand the relations between mTiny and the Tap Pen Controller. Human-robot Interaction
    Forest Party Building on the hands-on understanding of the interaction between the robot and the map blocks with an object, children will role-play help find favorite foods. Human-robot Interaction
    What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf? This activity aims to introduce the use of the Forward Card and the Tap-to-Code Control mode.
    Children need to compare the two control modes during the game.
    Events
    Zig-zag Bridge Children will explore the Turn Left and the Turn Right Cards. This activity sets challenges related to spatial thinking as children need to make decisions and recognize mTiny’s right-left orientation. Sequencing
    Where’s My Bamboo? Children will explore the use of two kinds of triggering programming blocks: the Input Card and the Go! Card.
    Children can cause mTiny to execute a set of commands continuously by using them.
    Events
    Drawing with mTiny Children will explore how mTiny can draw letters, numbers, words, shapes and lines in a variety of sizes. Output
    mTiny Tunes Discover mTiny’s musical ability using the Music Notes cards to create songs for mTiny. Output
    Activity Name Description Key Concept
    Little Road Mender This activity aims to introduce the Road-and-Wall Mechanism in A Journey to the Town. Children need to compare the two maps in the robot kit with a focus on the different effects of the border. Conditionals
    Ring Road Itinerary The ring road is used as a representation of the concept of loops. Children need to understand the use of ring roads in daily life. By assembling different shapes of Road Map Blocks, children will recognize the pattern and make mTiny move through a circuit back to the departure point. Loops
    Little Bus Driver In this activity, children will continue the ring road itinerary with mTiny in a more complex Ring Road Map. Children need to act as a driver to pick up passengers in different places multiple times. Loops
    Help Me, Please! There are two kinds of the Role-playing Map Blocks in the robot kit: the Hospital Map Blocks–the A Passer-by Hits His Head Map Block, and the Police Station Map Blocks–the Thief Map Block. The departure point will determine which the role-play of mTiny will engage in.
    The robot should stop on the map block that corresponds with the scene.
    Conditionals
    Activity Name Description Key Concept
    mTiny’s Weekend Children will help mTiny plan its weekend activities. Children will create a scenario and direct mTiny to visit the map blocks with an object. Algorithm