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Students will use a 3-button sequence to trace numbers with their Bee-Bots. They will then use the command cards to plan their sequence to trace a letter before programming their Bee-Bot to run.
Agenda
Agenda
- Ask: What were you able to program your Bee-Bot to do last class?
- Activity: Drawing numbers and/or letters using the 3-button sequence and the command cards
- Reflection & Close-Out:
- How did you use the command cards today? Was it easy or hard to use them to plan your Bee-Bot's program?
- How did you work with your group so that everyone got a turn to program the Bee-Bot?
Materials
Materials
- Bee-Bots, 1 for each group of 4 students
- Number Cards / Letter Cards [tabloid size]
- yellow Bee-Bot Command Cards (1 set per Bee-Bot being used) small / large
- Bee-Bot team roles lanyards (Driver and Navigator only)
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
decomposition: breaking down a problem into smaller pieces
program: a set of instructions written in a language that a computer understands
sequence: a set of instructions that follow one another in order
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
- Bee-Bot 3-Button Sequence images
- Bee-Bot Team Roles poster letter / tabloid
- Blue-Bot Instructional Guide
- Technology Brain Break: choose a video from this list!
Standards
Standards
CA CSS: K-2.AP.12 Create programs with sequences of commands and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem.
CA CSS: K-2.AP.13 Decompose the steps needed to solve a problem into a sequence of instructions.
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