New program: Mission to Mars
Five weeks. One mission to Mars.
A certificate program for ages 9 to 14. Students watch short video lessons, build things with stuff from around the house, and finish by designing a Mars mission that a real instructor reviews.
From $49 for the whole program.
The five weeks
Week 1: Lift off
What a rocket has to beat, and how it does it.
Week 2: Stay in orbit
Why going sideways matters more than going up.
Week 3: Land a robot
Seven minutes, no pilot, one chance.
Week 4: Let it think
How a rover finds its own way with AI.
Week 5: Your mission
Design a Mars mission and present it.
Everything a five-week mission needs
Short lessons to watch, real things to build, a person who reads the work, and a certificate at the end that means something.
23 short lessons over five weeks
- Something real to build every week
- An instructor reads every final project
- A certificate you can download and verify
- A report card and weekly email for parents
- Start any day, go at your own pace
- No ads, no public profiles, no strangers
What a week looks like
Each week mixes short videos, animations, readings and hands-on simulations, then a build and a quiz. Keep scrolling to fly through week 2.
Week 2: Stay in orbit
- 1InteractiveFalling without landing7 min
- 2VideoWhy rockets curve sideways8 min
- 3VideoThe road to Mars is an oval9 min
- 4BuildOrbits on a stretched sheet20 min
- 5QuizWeek 2 quiz10 min
Take the rover for a drive
Move your mouse or finger and the rover follows. Press play, then grab all 8 rock samples as fast as you can.
Ready when you are
Programs
One program is open now. Robotics and AI follow, built the same way: five weeks, real builds, an instructor-reviewed final project.
Open nowCertificate program
Mission to Mars
Rockets, orbits, rovers and the AI that steers them, in one five-week mission.
- 23 lessons over 5 weeks
- At your own pace
- Ages 9 to 14
In productionCertificate program
Rover Workshop
Sensors, motors and code: how robots sense the world and act on it.
- 5 weeks
- Robotics
- Ages 9 to 14
In productionCertificate program
Machines That Learn
How computers learn from examples, and where they get it wrong.
- 5 weeks
- AI
- Ages 9 to 14
Pick the plan that fits your family
One payment covers the whole five-week program for one child. Every plan includes all the lessons, the instructor-reviewed final project and the certificate. Prices are in US dollars; checkout is handled securely by Stripe.
Starter
The full program, at your own pace.
$49
per program, paid once
What's included:
- All 23 lessons: videos, builds and quizzes
- Final project reviewed by an instructor
- Downloadable certificate with an ID anyone can check
- Report card and a weekly email for parents
Pro
Self-paced, with an instructor live twice.
$99
per program, paid once
Everything in Starter, plus:
- Two 40-minute live sessions with an instructor, in weeks 2 and 4
- Small groups, so every student can ask questions
- A recording of each session, in case you miss one
- Final project reviewed first, ahead of Starter
Coming soon
Ultra
A live class to look forward to every week.
$159
per program, paid once
Everything in Starter, plus:
- A 40-minute live session every week, five in all
- Present the final mission live to an instructor in week 5
- Small groups, so every student can ask questions
- A recording of each session, in case you miss one
- Final project reviewed first, ahead of Starter
Coming soon
A report card you can read in a minute
See which lessons are done, how each quiz went and what the instructor said about the final project. One page per child, plus a short email every week.
See a sample report cardMaya’s report card
Mission to Mars, week 2 of 5
- Lessons done
- 6 of 23
- Week 1 quiz
- 7 of 8
- This week
- 42 min
Earn the patch
Finish all five weeks, pass each quiz and get your mission design approved by an instructor. The certificate downloads as a PDF with an ID anyone can check, so it means something on a school or camp application.