Five kits. One pathway.
Each level builds on the one before, from your first circuit to robots and connected products. Every kit has all the parts for every build in its Builder Book.
Founding Builders. The first 1,000 kits ship with a free spares pack and a numbered Founding Builder certificate. Spares pack on its own: ₹499 incl. GST.
New to electronics?
Start at Spark, whatever your age. No experience needed. Coding starts at Level 3, once the hands know the circuits.
Built circuits before?
Try Spark's first build online, free. If it feels easy, ask us which level to start at.
Smart Gadgets.
Sense the world by hand. You build circuits on a breadboard and turn sensors into switches, then combine two senses into one decision. There is no coding yet: Builder’s Bench loads the program for you, and you tune each gadget with a knob and explain why.
12 builds · At your own pace · Ends with the Level 1 certificate
₹3,249 incl. GST
All 12 builds and what is in the box
Core builds
In order. 00 is always a repair job.
- 00Revive the Gadget
- 01The Night-Light
- 02The Clap Buzzer
- 03The Door Alarm
- 04The Heat Warning
- 05Two Senses, One Gadget
- 06The Bedside Buddy
Capstone
Each builder takes one of two.
- 07Invent Your Gadget
- F1The Treasure Alarm
Builds of the Week
The same idea with a twist.
- W1The Door Tell-Tale
- W2The Sound Watcher
- W3The Too-Hot Alarm
In the box
- Control Board and USB cable
- A MAKEON build board to fix it all on
- The Readout screen and a threshold knob
- Breadboard and jumper wires
- Battery pack (four AA, 6 V) and a multimeter
- LEDs and resistors
- Light sensor, heat sensor and sound module
- Buzzer, magnet switch, mode switch and a transistor
- The Spark Builder Book
22 kinds of real parts, each with its place.
Every part sits where the book expects it. Each build tells you which bag to open, so nothing gets lost and nothing is extra.
There is no Bag 4 yet. The motor bag joins you at Force.
The Spark Builder Book
Twelve builds, a wiring plate and a Case File for each one. Every build page tells you which bag to open. A sheet of card for making your gadget’s case sits underneath.
Tap the book to lift it, then tap any compartment.
The tray and four parts bags
- In the trayControl Board in its own box, multimeter, battery pack, breadboard, jumper wires and USB cable.
- UnderneathThe MAKEON build board, in MDF.
- Bag 1 · Lights and resistorsLEDs and three values of resistor.
- Bag 2 · Sensors and a transistorLight sensor, heat sensor and a transistor.
- Bag 3 · Sound, magnets and switchesSound module, buzzer, magnet switch and magnet, mode switch.
- Bag 5 · Screen and knobThe Readout and the threshold knob.
Tap any compartment to meet its parts.
The MAKEON build board
- Build board (MDF)Natural MDF, engraved with the MAKEON mark. The Control Board, breadboard and battery pack each have a marked place, so a build can be carried, shown and put away without a wire coming loose. A lettered grid, a free zone for sensors, a 20 cm ruler, and a line to write your name.First used: build 00
- FixingsFour stand-offs and screws hold the Control Board. The breadboard sticks on with its own adhesive back.First used: build 00
260 × 165 mm, 4 mm MDF.
Multimeter
- MultimeterMeasures volts and milliamps, so every choice is backed by a number.First used: build 00
Battery pack
- Battery packFour AA cells, 6 V, with an on-off switch. The only power in the kit: never the wall.First used: build 00
Control Board
- Control BoardThe decider. It reads the sensors and switches the outputs. The same board takes you from Spark to System.First used: build 01
Breadboard
- BreadboardPush parts in and pull them out. No soldering, so a mistake costs nothing.First used: build 00
Wires and USB cable
- Jumper wiresJoin one part to the next.First used: build 00
- USB cableConnects the board to a computer.First used: build 01
Bag 1 · Lights and resistors
- LEDsSmall lights that show the board has decided. Long leg towards plus.First used: build 00
- 220 Ω resistorsBands red, red, brown. They protect each LED.First used: build 00
- 1 kΩ resistorsBands brown, black, red.First used: build 02
- 10 kΩ resistorsBands brown, black, orange. Partner to the light sensor.First used: build 00
Bag 2 · Sensors and a transistor
- Light sensorIts resistance falls as light rises. The eye of the night-light.First used: build 01
- Heat sensor (TMP36)Turns temperature into a voltage the board reads as °C.First used: build 04
- Transistor (BC547)A tiny switch that lets a small signal switch a bigger load. It looks almost exactly like the heat sensor: read the print.First used: build 02
Bag 3 · Sound, magnets and switches
- Sound moduleA microphone on a small board. Turns loudness into a number.First used: build 02
- BuzzerThe voice of every alarm.First used: build 02
- Magnet switch and magnetA glass switch that closes when the magnet comes near. Doors and lids use it.First used: build 03
- Mode switchA slide switch that picks the rule: AND or OR.First used: build 05
Bag 5 · Screen and knob
- The ReadoutA small 1.3-inch screen that shows what the board senses and decides.First used: build 01
- Threshold knobTurn it to set the line the board compares with. Your decision, in your hand.First used: build 01
Box: a clear case with a printed liner and a numbered seal.
Reactive Machines.
A transistor lets a small sensor switch a big motor. You make machines that move on their own, then make two senses agree before anything moves. Still no coding: you predict what the program will do from the circuit.
12 builds · At your own pace · Ends with the Level 2 certificate
₹3,549 incl. GST
All 12 builds and what is in the box
Core builds
In order. 00 is always a repair job.
- 00Revive the Machine
- 01The Two-Second Motor
- 02The Auto-Fan
- 03The Electromagnet Crane
- 04The Automatic Light
- 05Two Senses, One Machine
- 06The Guard Machine
Capstone
Each builder takes one of two.
- 07Invent Your Machine
- F1The Winch
Builds of the Week
The same idea with a twist.
- W1The Timed Fan
- W2The Push-Button Motor
- W3The Rebuild Challenge
New in this kit
Pack A: the parts that make a machine act.
- A DC motor and a fan motor
- A power transistor (TIP120) and a flyback diode
- A 5 V electromagnet
- A push button
- A spool and thread for lifting
Also used: Control Board, the Readout, the threshold knob, the small transistor and the sensors from Spark.
Robotics & Code.
Code arrives. You write loops, timing and sequences in C++, and turn a chassis, a motor driver and two motors into a robot that reacts to touch.
13 builds · At your own pace · Ends with the Level 3 certificate
₹3,749 incl. GST
All 13 builds and what is in the box
Core builds
In order. 00 is always a repair job.
- 00Revive the Robot
- 01Your First Program
- 02Make It Move
- 03Drive It
- 04Bump & React
- 05Sequence It
- 06The Obstacle Robot
Capstone
Each builder takes one of three.
- 07Invent Your Robot
- F1The Commandable Bot
- F2The Sumo Bot
Builds of the Week
The same idea with a twist.
- W1The Speed & Direction Rebuild
- W2The Two-Wheel Timed Sequence
- W3The Bumper Reaction Rebuild
New in this kit
Pack B: the parts that make a robot.
- A robot chassis with wheels
- A motor driver
- Two geared motors
- Two bumper switches
- A 6 V motor pack (four AA) and a 9 V battery for the board
Also used: Control Board, LEDs, resistors and sensors from Spark and Force.
Autonomy.
Machines that sense, decide and stop on their own: an ultrasonic ranger, four senses at once, rules for which sense wins, and a safety stop that must work every time.
16 builds · At your own pace · Ends with the Level 4 certificate
₹3,749 incl. GST
All 16 builds and what is in the box
Core builds
In order. 00 is always a repair job.
- 00Revive the Rover
- 01Make It Sense
- 02Make It Decide
- 03Drive to Distance
- 04Four Senses at Once
- 05Who Wins
- 06The Autonomous Rover
Capstone
Each builder takes one of three.
- 07Invent Your Robot
- F1The Safety Stop
- F2Radar Scanner
Builds of the Week
The same idea with a twist.
- W1Ranging Rebuild
- W2Decision Rebuild
- W3Drive-to-Distance Rebuild
- W4Multi-Sensor Rebuild
- W5Priority Rebuild
- W6The Level 4 Exit
New in this kit
Pack C: the parts that let a robot sense at a distance.
- An ultrasonic ranger
- A servo motor
- A STOP LED
Also used: the robot chassis, motor driver, bumpers and 6 V pack from Logic, and the heat and light sensors from Spark.
Connected Products.
A reading leaves the room and a command comes back. You train a machine to learn a rule from examples, then design a product that a stranger can set up on their own.
12 builds · At your own pace · Ends with the Level 5 certificate
₹3,949 incl. GST
All 12 builds and what is in the box
Core builds
In order. 00 is always a repair job.
- 00Revive & Connect
- 01The Faraway Reading
- 02The Live Dashboard
- 03The Cloud Loop
- 04The Sound Sorter
- 05Train It
- 06The Connected Product
Capstone
Each builder takes one of two.
- 07Invent Your Product
- F1The Venture
Builds of the Week
The same idea with a twist.
- W1The Anomaly Alert
- W2Gesture AI
- W3The Energy-Smart Device
New in this kit
Pack D: the parts that connect and learn.
- The Connect Board, with Wi-Fi built in, and its cable
- An accelerometer
- A soil-moisture sensor
- A relay for low-voltage loads
- A rechargeable cell with its charger and booster
Also used: The Readout, sensors, fan and 6 V pack from the levels before.
Seven steps, the same every time.
The book, the academy and the school programme all follow these steps, so builders always know what comes next.
- ArrivalSee what you will build today.
- DiscoverUnderstand the problem it solves.
- DesignPlan the circuit before touching a wire.
- DevelopBuild it with your own hands.
- DebugFind what is wrong and fix it.
- DemoShow it working.
- DocumentRecord it in your Passport online.
In MAKEON’s own mapping, the seven steps cover all eight NGSS science and engineering practices, and Design, Develop and Debug are the engineering design cycle.
Every kit comes with a place online to keep building.
- Enter the kit number on the box to unlock your builds.
- Follow each build step by step, with videos.
- Stuck? The AI mentor asks a question that helps. It never gives the answer.
- Every finished build goes into your Passport. Parents can see it too.
Eight builder competencies.
Every build is marked with the competencies it grows. Each is scored from 1 to 5 as the builder shows it in their builds. The Passport records them, so progress is something a child can show, not just say.
| Competency | What it means | Where it starts |
|---|---|---|
| Wiring | Builds a working circuit by hand | Level 1 |
| Debugging | Finds out why it does not work, one test at a time | Level 1 |
| Systems | Makes the parts work as a whole: sense, decide, act | Level 1 |
| Design | Chooses a form and can say why | Level 1 |
| Documentation | Records what was built and why, so someone else can rebuild it | Level 1 |
| Collaboration | Builds as part of a crew | Level 1 |
| Innovation | Invents something that was not in the brief | Level 1 |
| Programming | Writes code that drives hardware | Level 3 |
Future careers linked to each level:
Buying for a classroom?
Learn to build with a mentor.
Real parts, builders at the same level, and a mentor who guides your hands but never takes over. Choose the format that suits you.
A weekly slot that fits your week.
Sessions run on weekday evenings and at weekends. Each builder keeps one 90-minute slot a week, chosen with us when you join, and it can move when the school timetable changes.
Anna Nagar, Chennai
Reddiyarpalayam, Puducherry
A level is 36 sessions, about nine months at one session a week. Fees and open slots:
Ninety minutes, seven steps.
Every session follows the same seven steps as the Builder Book: Arrival, Discover, Design, Develop, Debug, Demo and Document.
For parents
Every build your child finishes appears in their online Passport, with the demo and the bugs they fixed.
25 towns. Pick yours.
Ten days of building, kit included. Chennai is run by MAKEON mentors. Every other town is run by a trained local partner with the same kits and books.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Tirunelveli, Erode, Vellore, Thanjavur, Tiruppur, Hosur, Nagercoil and Puducherry
Kerala
Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kottayam and Kollam
Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Guntur, Nellore and Kakinada
Each town opens as its local partner signs. Want to run MAKEON summer cohorts in your town?
The class comes to you.
- Enrol and choose a levelWe help you pick the right one.
- The kit arrivesUnlock it online with the number on the box.
- Join live classesOr watch the recording later, on the same build page.
Fees and start dates:
One session. One build.
A parent books, the child builds. We only ask for your child's first name and age.
Build something. Share it. Get noticed.
A new challenge every week, a scholarship every quarter, and a gallery where builders learn from each other.
Build of the Week
One build from the books with a twist. Post yours by Sunday.
Fix-it Friday
A circuit with one bug. First correct fixes get a shout-out.
Scholarships
Open all year to academy and summer cohort builders. Winners earn the next kit, an academy seat or a fee waiver.
Problem Bank
Anyone can send a real problem. Builders solve it at weekend build events.
How entries are judged.
Free to enter and open all year for builders in the academy and the summer cohorts. Entries are judged every quarter.
- It worksA short video of your build working, with your kit number in view.
- The twistYou added the change the challenge asks for, your way.
- Your debug logWhat broke, how you found it, how you fixed it.
- Tell the mentorShortlisted builders explain their build in a five-minute call.
How BUILT projects will look.
These are examples. Builders of any age can share a project, and a MAKEON admin approves each one before it appears.
No projects at this level yet. Be the first.
Have a problem? Let builders solve it.
- You send a problemIn plain words, from anywhere.
- A mentor checks itSafe, buildable with kit parts, no personal details.
- Teams build answersOver one weekend, online or at the academy.
- You see the resultsThe best builds become future challenges.
Safe by design: every project and every comment is approved by a MAKEON admin before it appears. Comments are about the project only, and there are no private messages. Builders under 18 need a parent’s approval and use a first name only.
Door alarm with a secret wave.
My brother kept walking into my room. Now the alarm beeps when the door opens, and only my secret hand‑wave over the light sensor switches it off.
Parts used
Everything is in the Spark kit.
- MAKEON ONE control board
- Magnet switch, on the door frame
- Light sensor, for the secret wave
- Buzzer
- Battery pack and wires
How it was built
- ArrivalStarted from Spark build 03, The Door Alarm.
- DiscoverThe problem: someone kept coming in without knocking.
- Design
- Develop
- DebugThe alarm switched off whenever the room lights went out. The mentor loaded a version that looks for a hand passing over the sensor, and the builder tuned the knob until it worked.
- DemoTested on the real door for a week.
- DocumentLogged in the builder's Passport, with the debug notes.
Questions from other builders
Comments are approved by a MAKEON admin before they appear. No private messages.
From the school hall to the state stage.
MAKEON's science expo. The first season runs in January and February 2028. Every featured builder gets their own page on the MAKEON site, and every host school is named beside them.
From your school to the state.
School Expo
Every MAKEON school holds one. Parents come, students demo, the best builds go forward.
City Expo
The best builders from every school in the city, judged by engineers and teachers.
State Finals
The city winners present on one stage. Winners earn scholarships and a feature on MAKEON.
First City Expo: Chennai, February 2028. Schools can register now; selection starts in 2027.
Not the shiniest build. The best builder.
Every stage uses the same four questions, so a simple build made well can beat an expensive one.
- Does it work?Live, on the table, in front of the judges.
- Does it solve a real problem?For a real person the builder can name.
- Can they explain it?How it senses, decides and acts, in their own words.
- What did they fix?The bugs they found and how they solved them.
The first featured builders arrive in 2028.
After the first School and City Expos, the best builders are featured here, with first names only and their parents' permission.
Are you a school?
0 of 52 labs finished · 0 medals
A lab is finished when all four steps are done. A new lab opens every Monday.
Bend the light.
Drag the mirror, the glass block and the prism into the beam. Turn them with the small round handle, or with the slider. Watch the light reflect, bend and split into colours.
- 1Move it
- 2See why
- 3Challenge
- 4Quick check
Light travels in a straight line.
Drag the mirror, the glass block or the prism into the beam.
Send the light into the star.
Use at least one mirror or one piece of glass. Finish it to earn the Light Bender medal for your Passport.
Done. Light Bender medal earned. Sign in to Builder’s Bench to keep it in your Passport.
The Night-Light
A light sensor notices when the room goes dark and switches an LED on. Build 01 in the Spark kit.
Next Monday: Launch your rocket. Set the fuel, the load and the angle, and see if it reaches space.
- Light travels in straight lines until it meets something.
- A mirror reflects light: the angle in equals the angle out, both measured from the normal.
- Glass slows light down, so the ray bends as it goes in and out. This is refraction.
- If light meets the inside of the glass at a low, glancing angle (more than about 42° from the normal), it cannot get out and reflects back.
- A prism bends each colour by a different amount, so white light splits into a rainbow.
Where you see it: spectacles and phone cameras use lenses; optical fibres carry the internet as trapped light; a rainbow is sunlight split by raindrops.
1. A ray hits a mirror at 30° from the normal. At what angle does it leave?
2. Why does light bend when it goes into glass?
Launch your rocket.
Choose how much fuel to load, how heavy the satellite is, and how far the rocket tilts after lift-off. Then launch, and see if it reaches space, 100 km up.
- 1Move it
- 2See why
- 3Challenge
- 4Quick check
Thrust must beat weight.
The engine pushes up with 125 kN. The rocket weighs its body (1 t), its fuel and the satellite. If the push is bigger than the weight, it lifts off.
Put a 2-tonne satellite in space.
Reach 100 km with a satellite of 2 t or more. Finish it to earn the Rocket Scientist medal.
Done. Rocket Scientist medal earned. Sign in to Builder’s Bench to keep it in your Passport.
A launch countdown
Build a 10-second countdown with a buzzer and a launch light, using the timing you learn in the Logic kit.
Next Monday: Spray the field. Fly a farm drone and cover the whole field on one battery.
- A rocket lifts off only when the engine’s push is bigger than its weight.
- Burning fuel makes the rocket lighter, so the same push speeds it up more and more.
- More fuel burns for longer, but fuel is heavy too: every tonne of satellite needs extra fuel.
- Going up is not enough to stay in space. A satellite must also go sideways very fast: that is orbit.
Where you see it: every satellite launch carries this sum; the same rule decides how much a lift, a crane or a drone can carry.
1. The engine pushes 125 kN. The rocket weighs 140 kN. What happens?
2. Why does a rocket speed up more as it climbs?
What is physical AI?
AI that moves things in the real world: robots, drones, self-driving cars. They all run the same simple loop. They become AI when they learn from examples.
A sensor notices
Light, heat, distance, a tilt, a touch.
A board decides
Usually by a rule in its program. In AI, by a pattern it learned from examples.
Something happens
A light, a sound, a motor turning.
Pick a machine. See its three parts.
Night-light
SparkA light sensor notices it has gone dark.
The program's rule: if it is dark, turn the light on. You set how dark with a knob.
The LED comes on.
Not AI. It follows its rule exactly. Every machine starts with this loop.
Rule or learned?
A machine that follows a rule someone wrote is not AI. A machine that learned the rule from examples is.
A street light that switches on at 6 pm every day
A phone that unlocks when it recognises your face
A washing machine that stops when the timer ends
An email app that catches more spam each time you mark one
What each level adds.
| Level | Adds | What builders do |
|---|---|---|
| Spark | Sense | Turn sensors for light, heat and a magnet into switches. |
| Force | Move | Let a small sensor switch a big motor, so machines move on their own. |
| Logic | Code | Write the program a robot runs. |
| System | Choose | Weigh four senses at once and decide which one wins. |
| Invent | Learn | Train a machine to learn a rule from examples. |
Common questions
Is my child too young for AI?
No. Every AI machine uses the same loop of sensing, deciding and acting, and builders learn that loop in their first builds. By Invent, they teach a machine from examples.
Will they build robots and drones?
Robots from Logic, Level 3, when coding starts. Drones and robotic arms are built at the MAKEON Academy, with a mentor. Flying needs safety rules, so builders learn balance and control on the ground first.
Do they just use AI apps?
No. They build the machines that AI runs on. The MAKEON AI mentor gives hints and asks questions. It never gives the answer, so the thinking stays theirs.
Every child grows up a builder.
We want building things to be a normal part of growing up, for every child, at home and at school.
Real parts, a book for every stage, a mentor, and a place to keep building.
In schools, in our academy and at home, so children learn by building, understand what they built, and engineer what comes next.
- Real parts make real builders. Proper boards and sensors, not toys that only work one way.
- Nothing demonstrated. Everything built. Children do every build with their own hands.
- Guide the hands. Never replace them. Mentors, and the AI mentor, ask questions. They never fix it for you.
- Builders keep building. One record from the first build to the last level, and beyond.
Partners and programmes.
Logos are shown only with written permission.
Independent impact study
The IITM Rotary Centre for Social Development, IIT Madras, has proposed to serve as Academic Research and Knowledge Partner for the Rotary Builder Ecosystem Programme, with MAKEON as the technical and implementation partner. The Centre would independently assess learning outcomes and the Build Mentor model in pilot schools in Tamil Nadu. This is a research collaboration, not an endorsement of any product.
Community programmes
Rotary: hands-on learning for students, starting at Bentinck Girls’ School.
Schools
Bentinck Girls’ School, Chennai: all five levels, in English and Tamil.
Government programmes
Schools, institutions, academy partners and sponsors:
Designed in Chennai.
Makeon Technologies Private Limited designs the kits, writes the Builder Books, trains the mentors and builds Builder’s Bench.
Contact
Phone and WhatsApp: +91 99402 33332
Bring building to your students.
Academics, sports, arts, and now building. Set up a MAKEON Futuristic Innovation Lab where your students learn Edge AI, IoT and robotics, with a structured curriculum and trained mentors, at zero capital investment for your school. Opex models available.
Bentinck Girls’ School, Chennai.
MAKEON classes are running at Bentinck Girls’ School across all five levels, taught in English and in Tamil. The programme is run in association with Rotary to bring hands-on learning to more students.
Bentinck Girls’ School, Chennai, with Rotary
Independent impact study. The IITM Rotary Centre for Social Development, IIT Madras, has proposed to serve as Academic Research and Knowledge Partner for the Rotary Builder Ecosystem Programme, with MAKEON as the technical and implementation partner. The Centre would independently assess learning outcomes and the Build Mentor model in pilot schools in Tamil Nadu. This is a research collaboration, not an endorsement of any product.
Two ways to run it.
The builds, books and Builder’s Bench are the same in both. What changes is the room.
School Lab
A permanent build lab in your school, taught by MAKEON mentors.
- MAKEON sets up the lab and sends mentors
- You provide a room and periods
- Best for schools that want building at the centre
Lab-in-a-Box
Classroom cases come to any classroom for the period. No spare room needed.
- Cases, books and Builder’s Bench from MAKEON
- Taught by MAKEON mentors
- Best for schools short of space
6 kits
Six kits of one level in a stackable case. Mentor materials and spares sit in the lid.
10 kits
Two classroom cases: ten kits, plus a box of mentor materials and a box of spares in the last two slots.
Teacher view
Every case and set comes with a teacher view online: class lists, each student's builds and where they are stuck.
Pricing depends on your school size and model. We share it in a meeting.
65 builds on one learning pathway.
Five levels, each with its own kit and book. You choose which levels to run and for which groups of students.
Mapped to the syllabus
Every build is mapped to the science chapters it belongs to in CBSE, ICSE and state board syllabi, and to the NGSS practices used internationally. Often the hands come before the theory, on purpose.
Eight competencies
Wiring, Debugging, Systems, Programming, Design, Documentation, Collaboration and Innovation, each scored 1 to 5 and recorded in every student's Passport.
A certificate per level
Each level ends with a certificate the Passport can prove: core builds done, the flagship passed as a crew, a capstone shown to a real user.
All eight NGSS science and engineering practices, in every build.
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) set out eight practices that scientists and engineers use. The seven steps of every MAKEON build cover all eight. Design, Develop and Debug together are the engineering design cycle in the NGSS engineering design standards (ETS1).
- 1Asking questions and defining problems
- 2Developing and using models
- 3Planning and carrying out investigations
- 4Analysing and interpreting data
- 5Using mathematics and computational thinking
- 6Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- 7Engaging in argument from evidence
- 8Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information
This mapping is MAKEON’s own. The NGSS organisations have not reviewed or endorsed MAKEON.
| Step | What happens | NGSS practices |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival | See what you will build today | No direct practice |
| Discover | Understand the problem it solves | 1 8 |
| Design | Plan the circuit before touching a wire | 1 2 6 |
| Develop | Build it with your own hands | 3 5 |
| Debug | Find what is wrong and fix it | 4 6 7 |
| Demo | Show it working | 7 8 |
| Document | Record it in your Passport | 4 8 |
The engineering design cycle
What happens across a school year
- Set-up, first monthKits arrive, teachers or mentors are trained, classes are created online.
- Term 1A build period every week, every student hands-on.
- Mid-yearParent demo day: students show what they built.
- Term 2Each student invents a gadget for a real problem.
- Expo seasonYour School Expo. The best builds go on to the City Expo.
- Year endA progress report for every student.
Run a MAKEON Academy in your town.
Partner centres run after-school sessions and holiday cohorts with MAKEON kits, books and Builder’s Bench, to the same standard as our own academy in Chennai.
MAKEON provides
- The curriculum, kits and Builder Books
- Mentor training: up to two weeks, then supervised hours until certified
- Builder’s Bench for every builder and parent
- Quality visits, marketing material and a place on the BUILT Expo map
You provide
- A safe, well-lit room for up to 32 builders
- Local mentors, trained by MAKEON
- Enrolments in your town
Partnership terms are shared in a meeting.
Host a School Expo.
- Your students present to parents and judges.
- Your school is named beside every builder who goes on to the City Expo and State Finals.
- MAKEON provides the format, judging sheets and certificates.
New to MAKEON? Ask about the Expo Starter: one term of Spark builds with two groups of students, ending in your first School Expo.
Sponsor a classroom.
Fund a classroom case for a government school: six kits, the books, teacher training and Builder’s Bench for every student. You receive a report on the class's progress through the year.
Our classes at Bentinck Girls’ School run in association with Rotary. Companies and Rotary clubs can also sponsor a City Expo.
Tell us what you have in mind.
We will call you back. For schools, we bring a classroom case to the demo.
Some children watch the future. Others build it.
Real parts, a Builder Book, and an AI mentor on Builder’s Bench that asks the right question instead of giving the answer. From a first circuit to robots and connected products.
Nothing demonstrated.Everything built.
Move over a part to see what it does.Tap a part to see what it does.
Build a night-light for your little brother.
Four taps. Start by powering the board.
From the Spark book: Build 01, The Night-Light. Every part here is in the Spark kit.
Your AI mentor never builds it for you. It helps you think.
Builder’s Bench is where every kit comes alive online. Unlock your builds with the kit number on the box and keep building at your own pace.
- AI mentor, any time. Stuck at 9 pm? It asks a question that points you to the answer. It never hands you the answer.
- Every build, step by step. Videos, wiring pictures and the code, matched to your Builder Book.
- Live classes every week. Build along with a MAKEON mentor, or watch the recording on the same page.
- Your Passport. Every build, every bug you fixed and every medal, in one record parents can see.
This week at MAKEON
New every Monday.
Build along with a mentor
Every Wednesday in Builder’s Bench. The recording stays on the build page.
– days left this quarter
Now in classrooms at Bentinck Girls’ School, Chennai: all five levels, in English and Tamil, with Rotary.
You learnt the rule in class. Now make it work.
Every build stands on something from science or maths. Move over a cardTap a card to see the build that makes it real.
Every build in the Builder Books is mapped to the science chapter it comes from, whichever board you follow, and to the NGSS science and engineering practices.
Everything a young builder needs, in one place.
Builders learn electronics, coding and robotics by making things that solve real problems at home.
The kit
Every part for every build, in one box. Nothing extra to buy.
The Builder Book
Twelve or more builds per level, step by step, each one solving a real problem.
Builder’s Bench, online
Track every build, get hints from the AI mentor and collect a Passport of everything you made.
Five levels, from first circuit to finished product.
Each level builds on the one before. New to electronics? Start at Spark, whatever your age.
From a night-light to robots and drones.
Every machine has the same three parts: something that senses, something that decides and something that acts. Children learn all three, one level at a time.
Rover
Sees a wall, picks a new path, drives on.
Robotic arm
Knows where each joint is and moves it exactly.
Drone
Feels every tilt and corrects it hundreds of times a second.
At home, with a mentor, or at your school.
Build something good, and people will see it.
Weekly challenges online. From January 2028, the best builders present at their School Expo and then the City Expo.