Information of BEE BOTS

 BEE-BOTS

                Bee-Bots are programmable floor robots that have been purpose-built for use with Early Phase and Primary students. They can introduce junior primary students to computational thinking and coding. It is amusing the versatility of these amazing robots enables teachers to design learning experiences that focus on the digital technologies curriculum and also integrate literacy and mathematical concepts.

                The Bee-Bot is a yellow bee-shaped robot that can remember a sequence of up to 40 commands. Users can direct it to move forwards and backwards in 15 cm increments, and to turn 90 degrees left and right using the four directional buttons, and has go, pause and delete buttons. After each command is performed, the Bee-Bot beeps and blinks, which allows students to count its movements and follow the sequence of code they developed to ensure its accuracy. This enables students to create simple algorithms while developing their problem-solving skills in a fun learning environment.

Buzzing with Bee-Bots | Digital Technologies Hub

Learning map and outcomes

Discuss the importance of instructions. Explain that digital technology systems are not magic: they follow instructions.

• Share the learning intentions for the lesson. 

For example: Today we will be:

• learning to write a set of directions
• directing a robot (Bee-Bot) to move in different directions
• learning to use directional words.

Learners have a clear understanding of what they are learning and can see how it fits into bigger context.

WILT chart displayed on the wall (What I am Learning Today).