Description
Turn early coding lessons into a journey across the world and out into space. This cross-curricular kit gives Kindergarten and Early Years students a hands-on way to practise programming and control while they explore geography and the solar system, connecting Digital Technologies with Humanities and Social Sciences in one resource. It's designed to be used with the Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot floor robots (not included).
What's included:
- 6 × Bee-Bot Pushers
- 1 × World Map Mat (large)
- 1 × Australia Map Mat
- 1 × Solar System Mat
- 2 × Transparent Grid Mats (4×4), to overlay on maps you already use
What your students practise:
- Sequencing and algorithmic thinking — planning and programming a route step by step
- Directional language — using forward, back and turning to control the robot's path
- Problem-solving — testing a route, spotting what went wrong and trying again
- Geography — locating continents, countries and Australian places on the map mats
- Early space knowledge — travelling through the planets of the solar system
The transparent grid mats overlay almost any existing map to create a new coding challenge, so one kit stretches across a full year of lessons and suits a whole group of students working together.
