Critical Thinking with Robotics
Robotics and Coding for Elementary
Apps Needed:
- Bee-Bot
- Lightbox One Hour Coding
- Daisy the Dino
- Scratch Jr. (Ages 6 and up)
- Cargo-Bot
- Move The Turtle
- Tynker (Ages 9 and up)
- Hopscotch (Ages 9 and up)
Bee-Bot Commands
- Forward
- Reverse
- Rotate right
- Rotate left
- Pause
The “Go” button launches the programmed sequence of operations and the “Clear” button clears the programming.
Bee-Bot Ideas and Resources
- Bee-Bot Homepage
- Teaching logic with the Bee-bot
- Bee-Bot Lessons
- Bee-Bot Curriculum Binder
- Draw a number line or use masking tape to create a number line on the table or floor. Have Bee-Bot add two numbers
- Program Bee-Bot to go forward and then back (subtraction)
- Program Bee-Bot to go forward x units, 3 times (multiplication)
- Add the negative number line and talk about negative numbers
- Draw an xy axis and talk about ordered pairs, slope
