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Ten years, ten public capstones

Nothing stays in a folder. Every year ends with a real audience — a family demo day, a league match, a client launch, a thesis defense.

GRADE 3 Foundations · G3–5

Automaton Theater

A hand-cranked cardboard automaton performs alongside its own animated digital backdrop.

GRADE 4 Foundations · G3–5

Arcade Expo

A playable Scratch game inside a decorated cardboard cabinet with a real light-up marquee.

GRADE 5 Foundations · G3–5

Smart Space

A micro:bit gadget that solves one real problem at home or school — pitched live in 90 seconds.

GRADE 6 Bridge · G6–8

Rescue Rover

A tabletop disaster mission: follow the line, find the victim, signal, return. Two public attempts.

GRADE 7 Bridge · G6–8

Sensor Station

Arduino logs the world, Python tells its story: one pipeline from sensor to chart to claim.

GRADE 8 Bridge · G6–8

Connected Device

An IoT gadget with a live dashboard — shipped with its own one-page datasheet and privacy note.

GRADE 9 Engineering · G9–10

Autonomous Challenge

League-style tabletop autonomy: junction decisions, object handling, and a formal design review.

GRADE 10 Engineering · G9–10

Venture Studio

Teams take a real brief from a real client — discovery to build to user testing to public launch.

GRADE 11 Frontier · G11–12

Track Masterwork

One deep artifact — competition robot, deployed model, or gallery installation — defended before a review board.

GRADE 12 Frontier · G11–12

Thesis & Defense

A year-long research capstone: proposal, evidence, an 8–12 page report, and a public defense.