Lesson 1 · Intro To Robotics, Wiring a LED


Suggested Time: 45-60 minutes

Lesson Plan

Project Overview

Begin your Magic Box journey by exploring what makes a robot a robot. You’ll learn the basics of electrical circuits and wire your first LED.

Materials

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Tutorial Video

Magic Box 2.0 - S1E1 - Intro To Robotics, Wiring a LED

Video length: 42:16

Key Topics

  • What robotics systems do
  • Basic LED polarity and wiring
  • Building a simple LED circuit

Before Moving On

Make sure your circuit and code from this lesson work reliably before continuing to the next episode. Save your code so you can build on it in later lessons.

What’s Next?

In Lesson 2, you’ll learn how breadboards are connected, compare schematics with physical circuits, and wire multiple LEDs.


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