Introduction The curricula for Coding and Robotics have been developed to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and values they need to become responsible citizens in the modern workplace that is constantly evolving because of the 4IR. The Specific Aims of the Curriculum for Coding and Robotics allow learners to engage in activities that expose them to subject choices, which will further be specialised through the FET Band. Career opportunities for Coding andRobotics include among others: What is coding? Coding, also known as programming, is essentially written instructions that a robot or a computer program can read and then execute. Think about your light switch at home. You know that it has an ON (1) and OFF (0) position. What this illustrates is that ON equals 1, and OFF equals 0. Machine code is the elemental language of computers and consists of a series of 0s and 1s. Robots need machine codeto fulfil the purposes for which they were created. Machine code is fundamentally a set of instructions. Learners will use this elemental language to write these instructions. They will need to determine the task they want to completethrough a machine or robot, design the code, send it to the machine or robot, and then observe the outcome. Coding is also used in software development. This type of coding is different from the coding languages used forcoding robots or machines to perform specific actions. It can be used for data management and/or analysing data. In Coding and Robotics, learners are taught how to set up a code to instruct a specific robot, so that it can fulfil apurpose. The computer must be able to read the code to execute the tasks. Robotics allows learners to see theirthinking come to life using trial-and-error tasks until their intended outcome is achieved, and the robot’s motionsare performed as originally planned and designed. Many coding languages can be used to instruct a machine. Youwill be introduced to a few of them. What is a robot? Britannica (www.britannica.com) describes a robot as any automatically operated machine that replaces humaneffort – though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots. Coding and Robotics teaches learners to: The Coding and Robotics curricula are structured to develop five strands in the Foundation Phase and is thenreduced to four strands in the Intermediate and Senior Phase. The curricula are supported by two methodologies,i.e. Computational Thinking and Design Thinking. Coding and Robotics strands and methodologies Strands The five strands for Coding and Robotics in the Foundation Phase are: In the Intermediate and Senior Phase, the five strands are collapsed into four strands where Problem- solving andPattern Recognition are integrated into Coding. The four remaining strands are: The strands of Coding and Robotics are underpinned by Computational Thinking and the … Read more