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The Bee-Bot is an exciting robot designed specifically for use by young children; however even middle school students new to coding will enjoy this colorful, easy-to-operate, and friendly robot. It is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun!
Resources from Book
Bee Bot Emulator - Letter identification, CVC Words, Counting
Looking for virtual lesson plans? This emulator allows students to code Bee-Bots on a virtual mat. Students can select from alphabet, number, coins, and a variety of other mats. Check out the Bee Bot PLAYBOOK for more teaching tips, videos, and resources.
Bee Bot Teacher Task Cards
This set of five teacher task cards progress in difficulty, from an introduction on how they work, to letter identification, and finally a Bee-Bot line dance.
Bee Bot Spell & Dance
Check out Karen North's Edublog: Computer Science K-8
Download her 6 Bee-Bot Activities from the 1st Edition of No Fear Coding found on pages 52-59.
Bee-Bot Instruction cards
Identify and combine values of money in cents up to one dollar working with a single unit of currenc
Identify and combine values of money in cents up to one dollar working with a single unit of currenc
Download Lesson Plan: Bee Great With Money
(a) Identify the value of coins and paper currency. (b) Compute the value of any combination of coins within one dollar.
Construct a simple program using tools that do not require a textual programming language.
Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Identify and combine values of money in cents up to one dollar working with a single unit of currenc
Download Lesson Plan: It''s BeeBot TIME!
Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes.
Construct a simple program using tools that do not require a textual programming language.
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
Download Lesson Plan: BEE smart with NUMBERS!
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
Construct a simple program using tools that do not require a textual programming language.
Other Resources
The Three Bears
The sequencing of story events can take place at all levels. Here is an Australian lesson plan by Rebecca Vivian that focuses on using the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears.