Beebot is an educational robot shaped like a bee to get started in coding and practice spatial location, motor and logical skills...
This activity consists in coding the Beebot to tell the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar collectively.
Age: 4-6 years old.
Description: This simple activity can be done using any of the themes related to the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (food, days of the week, colors, geometric shapes ...). We have chosen to retell the story through the Beebot and some Caterpillar jackets.
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Also in this folder created by the teachers of different schools in Tarragona and Lleida, you can find more activities related to this story. It is a collaborative folder, so if you have or create more activities that you think would be useful to the teachers who work on this story, ask for access to the folder and you will be able to do it. Thanks!
This activity consists in coding the Beebot to look for the Color Monster's feelings.
Age: 6-8 years old.
Key Competences: C1, C3, C5, C9
Description: This activity is related to the story "The Color Monster" by the writer Anna Llenas. It is a game where numbers, colors and the awareness and recognition of the children's emotions are worked. It consists on throwing two dice with numbers, then add them and bring the Beebot to the square with that number.
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"Tell me to Story" is an activity that combines educational robotics with the creation of stories. In this case, we will create videos with objects and scenery, actions and characters that students will use to create their own stories.
Age: 9-12 years old.
Key Competences: C1, C3, C5, C6, C8, C9. C10
Description: This activity works on the use of language, content creation and gamification through augmented reality.
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