My students are smart, curious, fun-loving, creative, hardworking, helpful, and kind. My 22 students represent countries all over the world, as well as learning levels from Kindergarten to fifth grade. Some of my students need daily intervention while others need daily enrichment. My school consists of about 1,000 students of diverse backgrounds and diverse learning abilities. We have a growing population of ELL students and students for which we implement interventions in reading and math, as well as students needing enrichment to acquire success for their educational needs. Our school does not receive Title I funding; therefore, the technology that we have in our classroom is limited and has to be funded through other means. Our school has an amazing administration and staff who are dedicated to meet each of these diverse needs. The environment of our school is warm, nurturing, and respectful.
My Project
Bee Bots Programmable Robots would be a fun and enriching way for my students to learn early programming skills! Students can learn how to put in basic commands to make the Bee-Bots move through a maze that they design or to move on a grid map that students create. Bee Bots can aid in developing students understanding of sequencing, cause & effect, computational thinking, and the concepts of coordinates, distance, and location. Students can measure the distances that the Bee Bots travel. They also will develop their social and language skills as they communicate and work with partners or in groups to problem solve with the Bee Bots.
Coding is a huge part of our kids future and to be able provide students with opportunities and exposure to possible careers they could have when they are older is a huge step in them being college and career ready when they graduate.
Bee Bots will help my students to not only start learning about coding, but also, when students are exposed to STEM activities they learn how to be self motivated, and it gives them confidence in both school and at home to accomplish any challenge no matter how hard it is!!
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