Curriculum A
30 weeks · elementary to middle school
One school year, thirty builds. From launching projectiles to a working robot hand — physics, circuits, sensing, and robotics, ending with an animatronics finale and a family showcase night.
For schools, co-ops & microschools
A complete engineering curriculum, not just kits
Two full courses built from the Laue Labs project library — thirty hands-on builds per program, student workbooks, and a week-by-week teacher's guide mapped to NGSS standards. Designed by a PhD engineer, tested at a real workshop table by real kids.
Two programs
Pick the course that fits your students
Curriculum B
1 credit · high-school semester
A 120-hour applied engineering laboratory for grades 9–12: build, instrument, and quantitatively test real machines — every number carries an uncertainty — capped by a rocket flight-computer capstone.
Everything included
What a licensed program receives
Curriculum guides
The course documents: unit structure, weekly build plans, learning objectives, and materials lists for all 30 weeks (A) or all 15 weeks (B).
Student workbooks
An 87-page engineering journal for Curriculum A and a 68-page lab manual for Curriculum B — guided missions, data tables with uncertainty columns, sketch boxes, and reflection prompts. Students keep a real build journal, not a worksheet.
Teacher's guide · 119 pages
The execution layer for all 45 weeks: timed agendas, launch scripts, facilitation notes, stop-and-checks, discussion prompts, common failures and rescues, differentiation, and standing safety notes.
Standards mapping
Every unit mapped to NGSS performance expectations — MS-PS2, MS-PS3, MS-PS4, MS-ETS1 and 3–5-ETS1 for Curriculum A; HS-PS2, HS-PS3, HS-PS4, HS-ETS1 for Curriculum B. Full crosswalks available on request.
Who it's for
Built for learning communities of every size
Microschools & co-ops
A full-year STEM spine for your weekly rhythm — 90-minute sessions that fit a co-op day, with classroom hardware budgets spelled out per build.
Homeschool families
Follow the same program we run at our own workshop table. Curriculum B carries a transcript-ready 1.0 credit with a documented 120-hour workload and grading rubric.
High schools
Curriculum B is a lab-science elective: formal lab reports with uncertainty analysis, unit demonstrations, a midterm design review, and a flight-test capstone.
Questions
Before you ask
Do students need prior building experience?
No. Curriculum A starts with launching soft projectiles and assumes nothing. Curriculum B requires Algebra I for the capstone math, but no prior building experience.
What does the hardware cost?
Hardware is sourced separately from our bills of materials. Per-kit parts run roughly $8–$183; equipping one Curriculum A build station for all 30 weeks runs approximately $1,000–$2,800, with core electronics reused across the year.
How is student work assessed?
Curriculum A uses weekly build journals — sketch, measurements, and one sentence answering the week's big question — graded on honesty and completeness. Failed trials count; made-up data doesn't. Curriculum B uses formal lab reports (40%), build demonstrations (25%), a midterm design review (10%), and the capstone (25%).
Can we try it before licensing?
Yes — every curriculum is built from our standard project packs, so start with a single pack like the Animatronic Hand or IR Tripwire Doorbell and run it with your students. If the format clicks, talk to us about the full program.
Licensing
Bring Laue Labs to your school
Curriculum licensing is per classroom or cohort and includes the curriculum guides, student workbooks, and teacher's guide. Tell us about your program and we'll put together a quote.