The hive is buzzing as BeeBot goes around town running errands. Does he need to go to the bank? What about the grocery store? Maybe he wants to play with one of his friends at the park. The choice is yours as you design your very own town and write a story about BeeBot's day.
BeeBot
Blank grid
Crayons
Drawing paper
Blank paper or writing journal
Optional: Building materials such as Legos, Duplos, cardboard, pattern blocks, cardboard, etc.
Brainstorm a list of important places in your neighborhood.
Create the buildings using the materials available to you and place on the grid.
Create an errand list of things that the BeeBot has to do today. Where will BeeBot have to go to complete the tasks? What would be the best order to do them in?
Plan your code.
Code BeeBot to complete the errands.
Write a story about BeeBot's day.
Reflect on your code using one of the reflection options.
Optional: Write clues relating to the different places on the map. For example: BeeBot needs to buy some bananas, but he needs to get some money from the ATM first. Help BeeBot check the items off of his to do list.