Lesson 7

Parts of the Computer

Students will review the Bee-Bot team roles and the use of the command cards as they navigate their Bee-Bot through a series of challenges that explore the parts of the computer they learned about after reading Hello Ruby Journey Inside the Computer.

Agenda

Ask: What do you remember about using the Bee-Bot robots?
Review: Bee-Bot Team Roles
Activity: Parts of the Computer sequence challenges
Reflection & Close-Out:
- What is your favorite job to perform (driver, navigator, designer, debugger)? Why?
- What is one success you had while working on the Bee-Bot challenges today?
- What is something or someone you would like to celebrate today?

Materials

Bee-Bots, 1 for each group of 4 students
yellow Bee-Bot Command Cards (1 set per Bee-Bot being used) small / large
Bee-Bot mats, 1 per robot used
Hello Ruby computer component mat cards (6 cards per set)
Bee-Bot team roles lanyards (all 4 roles)

Vocabulary

debug: find and fix errors (bugs) in programs

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

Blue-Bot Instructional Guide
Bee-Bot Team Roles poster letter / tabloid
Technology Brain Break: choose a video from this list!

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.

CA CSS: K-2.AP.14 Develop plans that describe a program's sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

CA CSS: K-2.AP.16 Debug errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.

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