Courses
41 courses, organised by age. Find your child’s age and pick a course.
Ages 5 to 7
3 courses
Code Adventures · Grades K–2
An 8-week journey from 'what's a computer?' to writing real Python with your body.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: digital literacy & computational thinking
- NEP 2020 §2.2: Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN)
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential learning (unplugged activities)
- CSTA K-12 Level 1A: Algorithms & Programming
Week by week (8 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The magic box | · | |
| 2 | Hardware you can touch | Unplugged: Sort classroom objects into 'inputs' (eyes, ears) and 'outputs' (voice, hands). | · |
| 3 | Talking to the computer | · | |
| 4 | Words made of pictures | · | |
| 5 | Steps in order | 1A-AP-08, 1A-AP-10, 1A-AP-11 | |
| 6 | Doing it again | Unplugged: Clap-and-stomp pattern: kids invent a 4-beat loop and the class repeats it 4 times. | 1A-AP-11, 1B-AP-10 |
| 7 | Move your body, write code | 1A-AP-10, 1A-AP-11, 1B-AP-09, 1A-AP-12 | |
| 8 | Show what you know | Unplugged: Each kid shows one thing they made or learned in 30 seconds. No grading: just sharing. | · |
Money Basics · Grades K–2
A gentle 6-week intro to money: what it is, where it comes from, saving it, and telling needs from wants.
Standards alignment
- NSFE/NCFE: 'Content' pillar (financial education in schools)
- OECD/INFE Youth competency: A. Money & transactions
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential learning (unplugged activities)
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is money? | Unplugged: Hold a class 'swap meet': kids barter stickers, then try again using paper 'coins'. Which was easier? | · |
| 2 | The shapes of money | · | |
| 3 | Where money comes from | Unplugged: Each kid names one 'job' they could do at home and what it's worth in stickers. | · |
| 4 | Needs vs wants | Unplugged: Sort picture cards into two hoops: NEED and WANT. Talk about the tricky ones. | · |
| 5 | Keeping it safe | · | |
| 6 | Show what you know | Unplugged: Decorate a real jar as a savings goal. What are you saving for? | · |
Heart & Voice · Grades 1–8
Social-emotional learning and communication, taught directly and kept private: a growth mindset, naming and calming feelings, understanding others and resolving disagreements, and saying what you mean kindly and clearly. Everything a child writes stays on their own device.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: holistic development & social-emotional learning
- NEP 2020 §4.23: communication, expression & ethical/moral reasoning
- CASEL 5 competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making
- CBSE life-skills & values education; language writing/speaking outcomes
Week by week (8 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your brain can grow | Unplugged: Make a class 'yet' wall: turn three 'I can't' statements into 'I can't ... yet'. | · |
| 2 | Mistakes help us learn | · | |
| 3 | Name the feeling | · | |
| 4 | Big feelings, calm body | Unplugged: Practise the slow-breathing tool together for one minute before a test or a tricky task. | · |
| 5 | Walk in their shoes | 1A-IC-16, 1B-IC-18 | |
| 6 | Disagree and stay friends | 1A-IC-16, 1B-IC-18 | |
| 7 | Say what you mean | · | |
| 8 | Build a paragraph + big finish | · |
Ages 8 to 10
15 courses
Code Adventures · Grades 3–5
A 12-week course that takes kids from 'what's a computer?' through real Python, including events, recursion, and debugging.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.25: coding & computational thinking (builds toward the Middle Stage)
- CSTA K-12 Level 1B: Algorithms & Programming, Networks & Internet, Data & Analysis
- Bridges to the CBSE Coding skill module (Grades 6–8)
Week by week (12 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is a computer, really? | · | |
| 2 | Files & the OS | · | |
| 3 | Networks & the cloud | · | |
| 4 | The internet trip | · | |
| 5 | Looking up names | · | |
| 6 | Safety online | · | |
| 7 | Code as recipes | 1A-AP-08, 1A-AP-10, 1A-AP-11, 1B-AP-09 | |
| 8 | Repeat & decide | 1A-AP-11, 1B-AP-10 | |
| 9 | Body Code & events | 1A-AP-10, 1A-AP-11, 1B-AP-09, 1A-AP-14 | |
| 10 | Reuse & abstract | 2-AP-11, 2-AP-14, 2-AP-10 | |
| 11 | Spot the bug, build a thing | 1A-AP-14, 2-AP-17, 1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-13, 2-AP-13 | |
| 12 | Big finish | · |
Cyber Safety · Grades 5–8
A 10-week course on staying safe online: strong passwords, phishing & UPI fraud, malware, privacy and your data rights, and being a kind, capable Digital Defender.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: digital literacy & ethical/responsible use
- DPDP Act 2023: children's data rights & online-safety awareness
- CSTA K-12: Impacts of Computing (IC) + Networks & the Internet (NI)
- NSFE/NCFE: fraud awareness & safe digital finance (UPI/OTP)
Week by week (10 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is cyber safety? | · | |
| 2 | Secrets & second locks | · | |
| 3 | Phishing & fraud | · | |
| 4 | Spotting traps | · | |
| 5 | Nasty software | · | |
| 6 | Armour & ransomware | · | |
| 7 | Your data | · | |
| 8 | Rights & safe browsing | · | |
| 9 | Kindness & getting help | · | |
| 10 | Protect your family + finish | · |
Arduino Maker Lab · Grades 3–9
A creative, hands-on maker journey building 12 real Arduino projects: a breathing firefly lantern, a motion alarm, a parking sensor, a servo pet, a reaction game, and a light-harp you play with your hands. Works with a real Arduino kit or fully in the browser.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.25: coding & computational thinking (hands-on, project-based)
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential, hands-on learning
- CSTA K-12: Algorithms & Programming (AP) + Computing Systems (CS)
- CBSE skill direction: electronics, IoT & physical computing
Week by week (12 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First spark: a breathing light | Unplugged: Decorate a jar or paper shade for your lantern before you wire it. | · |
| 2 | Timed signals | · | |
| 3 | Your first button | · | |
| 4 | Twist to control | · | |
| 5 | A light that wakes at dusk | · | |
| 6 | Catch a movement | · | |
| 7 | How far away? | · | |
| 8 | Care for a plant | · | |
| 9 | Make it move | · | |
| 10 | Build a game | · | |
| 11 | Play with light & sound | · | |
| 12 | Big finish: your weather station | · |
Think It Through · Grades 3–8
Thinking and problem-solving taught directly: predicting and checking, weighing how sure you are, the design-thinking loop, debugging everyday systems, and spotting hidden assumptions and evidence traps. The reasoning skills NEP names most, made hands-on.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: problem solving, logical reasoning & critical thinking
- NEP 2020 §4.24: Design Thinking (named explicitly)
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential learning; learning how to learn
- CSTA K-12: Algorithms & Programming (problem decomposition, debugging)
Think clearly under uncertainty: spot traps, weigh evidence, and make decisions you can defend.
Request access- 1Think about thinking
- 2How sure are you?
- 3Understand before you solve
- 4Make a plan
- 5Design for someone else
- 6Debug the world
- 7Test your fix
- 8Sharper reasoning + big finish
The full week-by-week plan and every lesson in this course unlock with enrollment.
Research 101: Find the Truth · Grades 5+ & adults
The skill behind every other skill: telling what to trust from what to ignore. Learners frame a researchable question, find and sort sources, judge credibility and see through spin, then take honest notes, synthesise across sources, and cite properly. Media and information literacy taught hands-on.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: critical thinking, logical reasoning & ethical use of information
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential learning; learning how to learn
- CSTA K-12: Impacts of Computing (IC): evaluating sources and online information
- UNESCO Media & Information Literacy (MIL): find, evaluate, use & attribute information
Find the truth behind a claim: ask sharp questions, read sources, and cross-check like an investigator.
Request access- 1Ask a good question
- 2What would change your mind
- 3Where to look
- 4Read a web address
- 5Judge a source
- 6Spot the spin
- 7Notes and synthesis
- 8Cite it and the big finish
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Make Sense of Data · Grades 5+ & adults
Data literacy taught hands-on: read bar and line charts against their axes, find the honest average (mean vs median), see spread and outliers, catch a truncated axis and a false-cause story, and judge a sample for bias. The numbers skills modern work and citizenship both demand.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: critical thinking, logical reasoning & quantitative literacy
- CSTA K-12: Data & Analysis (DA): collect, visualise, and interpret data
- CSTA K-12: Impacts of Computing (IC): evaluating data-based claims
- OECD numeracy / statistical-literacy competencies
Read data without being fooled: distributions, averages, and the tricks charts play.
Request access- 1What data is, and reading bars
- 2Reading lines
- 3The average
- 4Median and spread
- 5Misleading graphs
- 6Correlation vs causation
- 7Sampling and bias
- 8From question to answer + big finish
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Build a Venture · Grades 4–8 & up
Entrepreneurship taught as a hands-on loop, not a buzzword: spot a real need, name the customer and a value proposition, build the smallest test (MVP), set an honest price, follow the money through revenue, profit, and break-even, validate by what people actually pay (not compliments), then pitch it in three lines. Built around Aanya's lemonade stall, with five interactive simulators (profit calculator, customer-demand tester, pitch builder) so the economics stay real.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.26: vocational exposure & entrepreneurial skills from the middle stage
- NEP 2020 §4.23: critical thinking, problem-solving & creativity
- CBSE Financial Literacy / Entrepreneurship Mindset themes
- OECD Learning Compass 2030: the 'creating new value' transformative competency
Take an idea to a working venture plan: customers, pricing, unit economics, and a pitch that holds up.
Request access- 1What a venture is, and spotting a real need
- 2Who is the customer?
- 3The value proposition & the smallest test
- 4Pricing
- 5Cost, revenue, profit & break-even
- 6The money quiz & testing with real people
- 7Learn, improve, and pitch
- 8Big finish: the venture boss
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The Writer's Workshop · Grades 3–8 & up
Writing taught as a craft you can practise, not a talent you are born with: clear sentences (cutting filler and vague words for precise ones), paragraphs and pieces that hold their shape, story craft (the arc, a character with a want, conflict and stakes), and voice (matching tone, arguing with real reasons, and revising a draft into something sharp). Five interactive tools, a sentence strengthener, a revision diff, a story-arc builder, a tone shifter, and an argument builder, make each move hands-on. Quill the Fox guides the way.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §2.2: Foundational Literacy (reading and writing with meaning)
- NEP 2020 §4.23: critical thinking, communication & creativity
- CBSE English: writing skills (composition, structure, and revision)
- OECD Learning Compass 2030: communication as a core competency
Write pieces people finish: sentences, structure, story, and a voice that sounds like you.
Request access- 1Clear sentences
- 2Cut the clutter
- 3Paragraphs that hold
- 4Structure check
- 5The story arc and the character
- 6Conflict, stakes, and story craft
- 7Voice, tone, and persuasion
- 8Revise, and the big finish
The full week-by-week plan and every lesson in this course unlock with enrollment.
Learn Anything · Ages 9+ & adults
The science of learning, made practical: how memory really works (it rebuilds, it does not record), why rereading fools you, and the techniques that actually stick, retrieval practice, spacing, and interleaving, then the focus, habits, and grit that carry it. Five interactive tools, a forgetting-curve simulator, a retrieve-vs-reread comparison, an interleaving sorter, a focus-and-switch-cost timer, and a spaced study planner, let you see each principle work. Memo the Elephant guides the way. Useful for any learner, from upper-primary students to adults picking up something new.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.6: experiential learning and 'learning how to learn'
- NEP 2020 §4.23: critical thinking and metacognition
- CBSE: study skills and self-regulated learning
- OECD Learning Compass 2030: learning-to-learn and self-regulation
Learn anything faster: memory, practice, focus, and the habits that make it stick.
Request access- 1How memory works
- 2Why rereading fails
- 3Test yourself
- 4Mix it up and write recall notes
- 5Practice check
- 6Focus and beating procrastination
- 7Deliberate practice and habits
- 8Grit, and the big finish
The full week-by-week plan and every lesson in this course unlock with enrollment.
Forces & Motion · Grades 4 to 8
A 6-week run through the physics of everything that moves: pushes and pulls, friction, Newton's three laws, momentum in a crash, projectiles, and pendulums, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (force, motion, and laws of motion) for middle grades
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What forces are | Unplugged: Hold a tug of war and feel balanced forces become unbalanced the moment one side wins. | · |
| 2 | Friction, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Newton's first and second laws | · | |
| 4 | Momentum, then a check | · | |
| 5 | Motion in the wild | Unplugged: Swing a weight on a string and time ten swings; change only the length and time again. | · |
| 6 | Put it together and the boss | · |
Waves, Light & Sound · Grades 5 to 8
A 6-week run through the physics of waves: amplitude and frequency, wave speed, interference, light and lenses, colour, and resonance, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (sound, light, and wave phenomena) for middle grades
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What waves are | Unplugged: Shake a long rope or a slinky and make a wave travel down it; change how fast you shake and watch the wavelength change. | · |
| 2 | Pitch, loudness, and a check | · | |
| 3 | Wave speed and interference | · | |
| 4 | Behaviour check, then light | · | |
| 5 | Lenses and colour | Unplugged: Look at a distant light through a glass of water and watch it bend and flip. | · |
| 6 | Resonance and the boss | · |
Electricity & Magnetism · Grades 4 to 8
A 7-week run through charge and current, Ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, magnetic fields, electromagnets, induction, motors, and power, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (electricity and magnetism) for middle grades
Week by week (7 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charge and current | Unplugged: Rub a balloon on hair and pick up small paper bits; then bring two charged balloons near each other and feel them push apart. | · |
| 2 | A circuit, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Ohm's law and wiring | · | |
| 4 | Circuits check, then fields | · | |
| 5 | Electromagnets and induction | Unplugged: Wrap insulated wire around a nail, touch it to a battery, and pick up paper clips; count more clips as you add turns. | · |
| 6 | Motors and power | · | |
| 7 | The boss | · |
Energy & Heat · Grades 5 to 8
A 6-week run through energy and heat: forms of energy, kinetic and potential, conservation, the heat-temperature difference, the three ways heat travels, and thermal equilibrium, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (energy, heat, and transfer of heat) for middle grades
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What energy is | Unplugged: Lift a ball high and drop it; lift it higher and drop again; feel how stored height becomes a bigger bounce. | · |
| 2 | Transfer, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Conservation and heat | · | |
| 4 | Heat check, then how heat moves | · | |
| 5 | Equilibrium and thermodynamics | Unplugged: Pour hot and cold water together and take the temperature; predict it first from how much of each you used. | · |
| 6 | The boss | · |
Renewable Energy · Grades 5 to 9
An 8-week run through how the world will power itself without burning the planet: energy versus power, why carbon matters, how solar and wind actually work, the Betz limit, and balancing a live grid, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (energy, its forms and conservation) and environmental science for middle grades
Reason about the energy transition: solar, wind, storage, and the numbers behind them.
Request access- 1Energy and power
- 2The carbon problem, then a check
- 3How solar works
- 4Panel to plug, then a check
- 5How wind works
- 6The rest of the family, then a check
- 7Balancing the grid
- 8The duck curve and the boss
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Maths and Tricks · Grades 4 to 9
An 8-week run that builds real maths confidence and then the shortcuts: number sense and place value, the number line and negative numbers, fractions as parts of a whole with equivalence and comparison, patterns turning into variables and balanced equations, and a finale of mental-maths tricks (times eleven, squaring numbers fast, divisibility rules) taught with the reasons they work, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: foundational numeracy and joyful, conceptual mathematics
- CBSE / NCERT: number sense, fractions, and introductory algebra
Make maths feel like tricks: number sense, fractions, and algebra that clicks.
Request access- 1Number sense and the line
- 2Negative numbers, then a check
- 3Fractions and equivalence
- 4Comparing fractions, then a check
- 5Patterns and variables
- 6Balancing equations, then a check
- 7Tricks: eleven and squares
- 8Divisibility and the boss
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Ages 11 to 13
19 courses
Money & Markets · Grades 6–8
A 12-week course from 'what is money?' through banking, taxes, the stock market, commodities, inflation, and cryptocurrency.
Standards alignment
- NSFE/NCFE: schools mandate (NCFE; RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/PFRDA)
- CBSE Financial Literacy Student Workbook (Class VI): value of money, needs vs wants, taxation
- OECD/INFE Youth competencies A to D: money, planning, risk & reward, financial landscape
- NEP 2020: Middle Stage (Grade 6 onward) context
Week by week (12 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What money really is | · | |
| 2 | Prices & markets | · | |
| 3 | Banks & saving | · | |
| 4 | Money that grows | · | |
| 5 | Earning & choosing | · | |
| 6 | Budgets & taxes | · | |
| 7 | Companies & stocks | · | |
| 8 | Markets & lending | · | |
| 9 | Raw stuff & risk | · | |
| 10 | Shrinking money | · | |
| 11 | Modern money | · | |
| 12 | Big finish | · |
AI & You · Grades 6–8
A 12-week course from 'what is AI?' through how machines learn, the AI you use daily, its limits and biases, and how to use AI honestly and well.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.24: Artificial Intelligence as a contemporary subject
- CBSE Artificial Intelligence skill subject/module (417/843; AI module 901 for 6–8)
- CSTA K-12: Impacts of Computing (IC) + Data & Analysis (DA)
- NEP 2020 §4.23: digital literacy & ethical reasoning
Week by week (12 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is AI? | · | |
| 2 | Smart, or just rules? | · | |
| 3 | Patterns & data | · | |
| 4 | Teaching a machine | · | |
| 5 | Fair data | · | |
| 6 | AI that sees & hears | · | |
| 7 | Chatbots & suggestions | · | |
| 8 | AI that creates | · | |
| 9 | Smart but not perfect | · | |
| 10 | Data hunger & fakes | · | |
| 11 | Using AI well | · | |
| 12 | Your future + big finish | · |
How the World Works · Grades 7+ & adults
Eight weeks demystifying the everyday technology around us: Wi-Fi, GPS, screens, batteries, air conditioning, and fibre. Written so curious teens and adults both get real depth.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.23: digital literacy & scientific temper
- CSTA K-12 Level 3A: Networks & the Internet (physical layer)
- OECD Learning Compass: knowledge applied to real-world contexts
Week by week (8 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signals in the air: Wi-Fi | · | |
| 2 | Bluetooth and cellular | · | |
| 3 | Finding yourself: GPS | · | |
| 4 | Touch and pixels | · | |
| 5 | Codes in plain sight | · | |
| 6 | Power in your pocket | · | |
| 7 | Sound and light pipes | · | |
| 8 | Show what you know | · |
Debug Like an Engineer · Ages 13+ & jobseekers
The half of programming nobody teaches: making broken code work and keeping it working. Eight weeks from the debugging mindset (a bug is a clue) through reading the machine (stack traces, breakpoints), proving fixes with tests (TDD, git bisect), and engineering in a team (version control, code review, production incidents). Ducky the Debug Duck guides the way, with interactive simulators for each habit. The skills that separate someone who finished a coding course from someone a team can hire.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.25: coding & computational thinking (debugging as a named skill)
- CSTA K-12 Level 3A/3B: Algorithms & Programming (program correctness, testing, debugging)
- Industry practice: version control, code review, and Site Reliability Engineering (Google SRE: SLOs, error budgets, blameless postmortems)
- OECD Learning Compass 2030: applying knowledge in real-world and workplace contexts
Debug systematically: reproduce, isolate, and fix faults with a method instead of guesswork.
Request access- 1The debugging mindset
- 2Think like a scientist
- 3Reproduce it, then read the machine
- 4Inside the running program
- 5Tests as a safety net
- 6Find the regression
- 7Engineer in a team
- 8When it breaks in production + big finish
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How the Modern World Computes · Ages 13+ & jobseekers
Take the lid off the systems that run modern life. Eight weeks from the two-key locks behind every secure connection, through what 'the cloud' really is and how thousands of machines act as one, to the strange physics of quantum and why it worries some of today's encryption. Twelve interactive tools make each idea hands-on, with no vendor names and no hype, just the durable mechanisms. Atlas the Pangolin guides the way.
Standards alignment
- CSTA K-12 CS Standards (2-NI, 3A-NI, 3B-NI): networks, the internet, and cybersecurity
- NEP 2020: computational thinking and digital literacy for senior grades
Read a modern web and cloud architecture and explain what each layer does and why it is there.
Request access- 1Locking with a shared secret
- 2The two-key trick
- 3Trust on the wire (phase quiz)
- 4There is no cloud
- 5Scaling and the bill (phase quiz)
- 6Many machines, one system
- 7Why it is hard (phase quiz)
- 8The quantum curveball and boss
The full week-by-week plan and every lesson in this course unlock with enrollment.
Make an Impact · Grades 6–8
A 5-week capstone where learners take one real problem near them through research, design, build, test, and report, turning a skill into a real-world action they can stand behind.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, project-based, and service learning
- CBSE: Experiential Learning and Art-Integrated/Project work
- UN Sustainable Development Goals: youth civic action framing
Week by week (5 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find a problem worth solving | Unplugged: Walk your street or school and list three problems you can actually see. Pick the one you care about most. | · |
| 2 | Design a solution | · | |
| 3 | Build the smallest version | · | |
| 4 | Test it with real people | Unplugged: Show your work to two people it is meant for and write down one thing each of them said. | · |
| 5 | Share your impact | · |
Matter & Reactions · Grades 6 to 8
A 7-week run through chemistry basics: states of matter, atoms and molecules, phase changes, gas laws, mixtures, chemical reactions, conservation of mass, and the pH scale, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Chemistry (matter, its states, and chemical reactions) for middle grades
Week by week (7 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What matter is | Unplugged: Watch an ice cube melt then a puddle dry, and name the state at each step. | · |
| 2 | Phase changes, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Gases and mixtures | · | |
| 4 | Mixing check, then reactions | · | |
| 5 | Conservation and pH | Unplugged: Test lemon juice, water, and soapy water with red cabbage water and watch the colours sort acid from base. | · |
| 6 | Rates and recipes | · | |
| 7 | The boss | · |
Gravity & Space · Grades 6 to 8
A 6-week run through gravity and astronomy: gravity, mass versus weight, free fall, orbits, escape velocity, moon phases, eclipses, and the real cause of the seasons, each operated as a real simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics and Earth science (gravitation and the solar system) for middle grades
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What gravity is | Unplugged: Drop a sheet of paper flat, then crumpled, and discuss why air, not gravity, made the difference. | · |
| 2 | Free fall, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Orbits and escape | · | |
| 4 | Orbits check, then the Moon | · | |
| 5 | Eclipses and seasons | Unplugged: Shine a torch on a tilted globe and turn it around the room to see which half leans toward the light. | · |
| 6 | Tides and the boss | · |
Testing & QA · Ages 13+ & jobseekers
Eight weeks on how software is kept from breaking. Start by hunting bugs like a real user and writing test cases anyone can rerun, learn where defects hide at the edges and how to file a bug report that gets fixed, then automate the boring checks into a fast, trustworthy suite. From your first bug report to thinking like a quality engineer, with no flaky promises.
Standards alignment
- CSTA K-12 CS Standards (3A-AP, 3B-AP): program testing, debugging, and software development practices
- NEP 2020: computational thinking and employability-focused digital skills for senior grades
Test software like a professional: design the cases, find the bug classes that matter, and report them well.
Request access- 1What testing really is
- 2Write a test case (phase quiz)
- 3Happy paths and edges
- 4Report it so it gets fixed (phase quiz)
- 5Why automate
- 6Arrange, act, assert (phase quiz)
- 7Pass, fail, and flaky
- 8A trustworthy suite and the boss
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Understanding Manufacturing · Ages 13+ & jobseekers
Eight weeks on how the things around you are actually made at scale. Start with what changes between making one and making thousands, learn to balance a production line and find its bottleneck, catch defects before they ship with smart inspection, then cut waste with lean thinking and design for a sustainable supply chain. The systems thinking behind every factory, with no jargon and no hype.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: vocational exposure and experiential learning for senior grades
- CBSE: work education and applied systems thinking
See how real things get made: production lines, quality, and the economics of a factory.
Request access- 1Making many, not one
- 2Materials and the basics quiz
- 3Divide the work, run the line
- 4Bottlenecks and the line quiz
- 5Defects and inspection
- 6Prevent it, then the quality quiz
- 7Lean and automation
- 8Supply chains and the boss
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Risk and Probability · Grades 6 to 10
An 8-week run through how to think clearly about chance and decide well under uncertainty: probability as a number, counting outcomes, expected value and the risk of ruin, base rates and Bayesian updating, and Monte Carlo simulation, each operated as a real model.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based learning; critical thinking
- CBSE: Mathematics (probability and data handling) for middle and secondary grades
Think in probabilities: chance, expected value, and Bayes without the fog.
Request access- 1Chance as a number
- 2Combining events, then a check
- 3Expected value and spread
- 4Risk of ruin, then a check
- 5Base rates and Bayes
- 6The false-positive trap, then a check
- 7Simulating uncertainty
- 8Risk in the world and the boss
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Linux and the Command Line · Grades 7 to 11
An 8-week run through driving a computer the way professionals do, with text: navigating the filesystem, reading and finding files, the read/write/run permission model, root and sudo, and chaining small commands into powerful pipelines, each operated in a real terminal sandbox.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science / Informatics Practices (operating systems and the command line)
Drive a computer from the command line: navigate, script, and automate real work in the shell.
Request access- 1The shell and navigation
- 2Reshaping files, then a check
- 3Reading and finding
- 4Wildcards, then a check
- 5Users and permissions
- 6Root, sudo, then a check
- 7Pipes and pipelines
- 8Scripts and the boss
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Networking and the Internet · Grades 7 to 11
An 8-week run through how the internet really works: data broken into packets, the layered journey of a message, IP addresses and subnets, DNS name lookup, routing hop by hop, TCP versus UDP and ports, and the web over HTTPS, following one request from your browser to a server and back, each idea operated in an interactive simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science / Informatics Practices (computer networks and the internet)
Trace how data really moves: addresses, routes, DNS, and what to check when the network misbehaves.
Request access- 1Networks and packets
- 2The layered journey, then a check
- 3Addresses and subnets
- 4DNS, then a check
- 5Routing and transport
- 6Ports, then a check
- 7The web and its guardians
- 8HTTPS and the boss
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JavaScript and the Runtime · Grades 8 to 12
An 8-week run through JavaScript, the language that runs the web, taught down to how it actually executes: values and variables, functions and control flow, objects and arrays, scope and closures, map/filter/reduce, the call stack and the event loop, callbacks and promises, and async/await with fetch, each idea run and operated in a real in-browser sandbox.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science / Informatics Practices (programming and web technologies)
Understand what JavaScript actually does at runtime: the event loop, scope, async, and the browser APIs.
Request access- 1Values and variables
- 2Functions, flow, then a check
- 3Objects, arrays, and scope
- 4Transforming data, then a check
- 5The call stack and event loop
- 6Callbacks, promises, then a check
- 7Async and the network
- 8Debugging and the boss
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Web Development · Grades 7 to 12
An 8-week run through building web pages from structure to pixels: HTML elements and the DOM tree, CSS selectors and the box model, colours and units, normal flow and Flexbox and Grid layout, responsive design, how the browser renders, and accessibility and performance, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science / Informatics Practices (web technologies and HTML/CSS)
Build and ship a real web page end to end: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and how the pieces fit together.
Request access- 1Structure and elements
- 2The DOM tree, then a check
- 3Selectors and the box model
- 4Colours and units, then a check
- 5Flow and modern layout
- 6Responsive design, then a check
- 7The render pipeline and interactivity
- 8Quality and the boss
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Databases and SQL · Grades 8 to 12
An 8-week run through relational databases: tables, rows, and primary keys, querying with SQL, foreign keys and joins, aggregation and grouping, how a query runs and indexes that make it fast, transactions and ACID for correctness under failure, concurrency and isolation, and SQL versus NoSQL, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science / Informatics Practices (database concepts and SQL)
Model data and answer real questions in SQL: schemas, joins, aggregates, and honest query habits.
Request access- 1Databases and tables
- 2Querying with SQL, then a check
- 3Keys and joins
- 4Aggregation, then a check
- 5Query plans and indexes
- 6Optimisation, then a check
- 7Transactions and concurrency
- 8SQL vs NoSQL and the boss
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Digital Forensics · Grades 8 to 12
An 8-week introduction to the science of digital investigation: handling evidence so it stays trustworthy, the order of volatility, reading hidden file metadata and verifying it with hashes, file signatures, how deletion really works and recovering files by carving raw bytes, reconstructing a timeline, and reporting honestly within the law, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science (cyber safety, ethics, and digital citizenship)
Run a sound digital investigation: preserve the evidence, follow the trail, and report what you find.
Request access- 1What forensics is, and custody
- 2Volatility, then a check
- 3Metadata and integrity
- 4File signatures, then a check
- 5Deletion and carving
- 6Timelines, then a check
- 7Anti-forensics and the law
- 8The report and the boss
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Cloud Computing · Grades 8 to 12
An 8-week run through cloud computing: what the cloud really is and the IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service models, virtual machines and storage, designing resilient architectures across regions and availability zones, elastic scaling and serverless functions with their cold starts, managed services, and running it well with reliability, cost control, and the shared-responsibility security model, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational thinking
- CBSE: Computer Science (emerging technologies and cloud concepts)
Deploy and scale an app on the cloud, and reason about cost, reliability, and the trade-offs.
Request access- 1What the cloud is, and service models
- 2Why cloud, then a check
- 3Compute and storage
- 4Architecting, then a check
- 5Scaling and serverless
- 6Managed services, then a check
- 7Reliability and cost
- 8Security and the boss
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Marketing and Growth · Grades 7 to 12
An 8-week run through marketing and growth: what marketing really is and how to define an audience and value proposition, the funnel and the channels that fill it, writing a message with a clear call to action, A/B testing and the metrics that matter, conversion rate, and the economics of growth (customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, and retention), each idea operated in a live simulation and grounded in honest, sustainable practice.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, real-world entrepreneurial and financial literacy
- CBSE: Business Studies / Entrepreneurship (marketing, consumers, and growth)
Reason about marketing like an operator: positioning, funnels, and growth loops without the hype.
Request access- 1What marketing is, and the audience
- 2Value proposition, then a check
- 3The funnel and channels
- 4The message, then a check
- 5Testing and metrics
- 6Conversion rate, then a check
- 7The economics of growth
- 8Honest marketing and the boss
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Ages 14 and up
3 courses
Understanding LLMs · Ages 14+ & jobseekers
Open the black box of generative AI. Eight weeks from tokens and embeddings, through attention, the context window, and how a model samples each next token, to training, alignment, why it hallucinates, grounding with retrieved documents, prompting, agents, and judging output against a rubric. Lex the Lyrebird guides the way, with 15 deterministic, offline simulators (a tokenizer, an attention heatmap, a next-token probability lab, a training-loss curve, a grounding pipeline, an agent loop) so every idea is hands-on. Future-proofed on durable mechanics: no model names, versions, or prices. The mental model behind using AI tools well at work.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020 §4.24: Artificial Intelligence as a contemporary subject (advanced)
- CBSE Artificial Intelligence skill subject (843) and beyond: how generative models actually work
- CSTA K-12: Impacts of Computing (IC) + Data & Analysis (DA)
- Industry literacy: transformer mechanics, prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, agents, and output assessment
Explain how a large language model works end to end, and reason about its prompts, limits, and costs.
Request access- 1Tokens and meaning
- 2Attention and the context window
- 3Predicting and sampling the next token
- 4The generation loop and what it costs
- 5How a model learns
- 6Truth and grounding
- 7Using LLMs well: prompts and agents
- 8Judging output and the big finish
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Ship It: Project Management · Ages 14+ & jobseekers
How work actually gets planned and delivered. Eight weeks from what counts as a project and the scope-time-cost trade-off, through breaking work down, honest estimates, dependencies and the critical path, then the agile ways of working (Waterfall vs Agile, Scrum, Kanban), and finally risk, change, and the flow math behind it all. Pilot the Pelican guides the way with twelve interactive simulators: a constraint triangle, a Gantt board with a live critical path, planning poker, a Scrum ceremonies loop, a WIP-limited Kanban board, a likelihood-by-impact risk matrix, and a Little's Law pipe. The vocabulary and judgement that read as real delivery experience on any team.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: 21st-century skills, collaboration, and project-based learning
- PMBOK Guide (7th ed., PMI): principles and performance domains of project delivery
- Scrum Guide 2020 and Kanban / Lean flow (Little's Law) for agile ways of working
- OECD Learning Compass 2030: planning, anticipation, and taking responsibility in real-world contexts
Take a project from idea to shipped through a real SDLC, planning and delivering each stage.
Request access- 1What a project is, and the trade-off
- 2The life cycle, and basics quiz
- 3Break it down and estimate honestly
- 4Schedule it: dependencies, Gantt, critical path
- 5Delivery styles and Scrum
- 6Flow, WIP limits, and agile quiz
- 7Risk, change, and the flow math
- 8Ship it: the big finish
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Data Analytics · Grades 9 to 12
An 8-week run through the data analyst's craft: query a dataset with SQL, filter and sort to a sharp question, join tables and summarise them with aggregation and grouping, read trends and compare groups honestly, separate correlation from causation, and assemble the findings into a clear, honest dashboard, each idea operated in a live simulation.
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential, hands-on computational and data thinking
- CBSE: Informatics Practices (data handling, SQL, and data visualisation)
Turn raw data into an honest, decision-ready answer with the right chart and the caveats that matter.
Request access- 1What analytics is, and querying
- 2Filtering and sorting, then a check
- 3Joining tables and aggregating
- 4Grouping into segments, then a check
- 5Trends and comparing groups
- 6Correlation vs causation, then a check
- 7Dashboards and choosing charts
- 8Honest storytelling and the boss
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Adults and job seekers
1 course
Practical Tech + Interview Readiness · Adults & jobseekers
Six weeks of job-ready foundations: the tech around you explained, workplace security, structured problem-solving, code basics employers expect, and communicating clearly in interviews. Built from existing lessons, framed for work.
Standards alignment
- OECD Learning Compass: knowledge applied to real-world and workplace contexts
- Employability: digital literacy, problem-solving, communication
Walk into a tech interview ready: explain systems, debug live, and answer like someone who has done the work.
Request access- 1The tech around you, explained
- 2Staying secure at work
- 3Solve problems like an engineer
- 4Code fundamentals employers expect
- 5Debug and reason it through
- 6Communicate clearly in interviews
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