Unit 2

Bee-Bots

Bee-Bot is a robot designed for use by young children. The colorful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun! It was inspired by Seymour Papert’s robot turtles and LOGO programming language.

In this unit, students will learn to program Bee-Bots using sequences of simple commands. By doing so, they will gain fluency with planning, testing, and debugging programs of increasing complexity.

The lessons were designed to support groups of about 4 students per Bee-Bot.

Sequence of Lessons

Lesson 7: Bug Dance!

Lesson 8: Drawing Numbers & Letters

Lesson 9: Life Cycle Sequences

Lesson 10: Shapes, Color, and Size

Lesson 11: Find Ruby's Friends!

Lesson 12: Bee-Bot Challenges!