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.