Bee-Bot is an appealing programmable robot which with it's simple and child friendly layout is perfect for teaching control, directional language and programming to the children. It is used by all the grades across the curriculum. They love it! Below is an example of how it was used in grade 7.
Find the Correct Route
Objective:Creating maps and programming the beebot to follow the correct route.
Crosscurricular links: Maths, English and Sequential Thinking.
All the grade 7 students were so enthusiastic to start this activity using these sweet bee bots.
They had to create a path for the beebot to follow.
Working in teams they had to plan a route which the bee bot had to follow. The path had to have a start and a finish. Using only right angles they planned very hard to calculate the proper distance the beebot needed to move to follow it. They came up with very imaginative routes.
This project was displayed during open day 2011 and was carried out by the
grade 4,5, 6 and 7students. They produced wonderful stories and evolved them
using technology. Different web2 application tools and software
programs were used to create their success!
Below is the whole project.
Enjoy the Show!
The Display Boards
Showing how the students created the project.
Some of the scenes created by the grade 4 students who created their story using digital animaton.
Some of the scenes created by the grade 7 students who created their story using digital animaton.
Story Telling with a twist........Toys come alive in the Grade 4 Stories
Working in groups the children had to create a story. They thought hard and imagined all sorts of amazing stories. With the help of Digital Animation they managed to bring their stories to life. Using their toys and other useful resources they created wonderful projects.
When the story was written and all was certain, they started creating the scenes using paper, pencils, playmobil playdough and many other useful material. They also brought toys from home. Find it all below.
The Giant Dog By Kate, Hannah, Racquel and Nayeli.
The Great Chase By Jonathan, Julian, Paul, Nick and Sebastian.
Puffle Round Up By Nicky, Jake, George and Timothy.
The Battle of the Dragon By Jacob, Miguel and Darro
The Fun Park by Emma, Nicola, Laura and Martina
The Two Princesses By Mattea, Luca, Amelie and Aiden
The Underwater Mystery By Ylenia, Christina and Katarina
Star Wars By Jack, Matthew, Isaac and David
Made by Jade, Saskia and Leanne
The Doliphin in the sea by Ana, Amelie and Ella
The Great Race By Jamie, Sean, Neil C and Neil D
The Princess and the Tower By Maria Pia, Alex, Lexie, Yazi and Nicole
A Day Out by Thomas, Miles, Gianni, Jake and Beppe
Little Red Riding Hood by Victoria, Betsy and Nayana
The Great Show By Felicity and Lara
The Little Mermaid by Emma, Mia Bella and Claudia
The Pirate Adventure By Kris, Johann, Jordan and Josh
Comic Fever in Grade 5
The Grade 5 students loved creating their own comic strip online…. no need to say more.
Read them here.
Sharing Stories Online in Grade 6
The children created a story using an online collaborative story creator……. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, or shared through a worldwide library.
They thought hard and they imagined well as a story was to be created using just paper, scissors, pencils, a web cam and a digital animated program. They managed to create a must see tale.
Making the scenes for the stories
The Filming
The final product was created......Enjoy the stories!
A Day at Sea by Tara, Mattea, Megan, Shaniah and Christina
Friends By Cristina, Lisa, Emma and Lara
Pirates Adventure By Shaun, Dirjan, Daniel, Brandon and Jack
Saturn By Ben, Valentin, Malcolm and Sean C
Spain vs Argentina By Sean D, Marcus, Wayne and Owen
Spic and Sparky By Mattea, Michela, Raquel and Kyra
Super Powers By Catherine, Jeva, Lisa and Sacha
Surf's Up By Graziella, Sana, Amy and Leah
The Great Siege of Malta By Juanita, Lian, Adrienne and Sam
The Orange Circus By Jake, Jack, Toma, Sean S and Luke
The Rescue By Hannah, Amy G, Nicole and Samantha
The Spy By Emmanuel, Josef, Liam, Christian and Karl
