Below our robotics teacher works with teachers integrating robotics with their Social Studies standards.
Ideas for incorporating aspects of animation, creation and design into the K/1 curriculum.
Quarter 1 (Umbrella theme is All About Me)
*intro/begin word walls and coding vocabulary (code, algorithm, loop, sequence, sprite)
*unplugged activities to introduce basic algorithms (short sequences, patterns)
*Ozobots available in relation to patterning and sequencing
Quarter 2 (Umbrella theme is Families)
*continued growth of vocabulary and word walls using the coding glossary on google docs.
*unplugged activities to build on sequencing and patterns- to continue building up to algorithms and coding- we focus on cycles (during Farm and trip around the world)- code.org has some unplugged activities about plant life cycles.
*dash and dot on the maps for trip around the world (if class is ready for that)
Quarter 3 (Umbrella theme is communities)
*continued growth of vocabulary and word walls using the coding glossary on google docs.
*continued development of sequencing and patterns to develop early coding using dash and dot
*using community maps as a setting for dash and dot or ozobots
Ideas for incorporating aspects of animation, creation and design into the 2nd grade curriculum.
All Year Long
Debugging Day in Math- Friday rotation/game day, “wrong” math problems and fix it
Read theme related books on Big Universe for each subject/unit
Use Dash to compute addition/subtraction facts
Using Discovery Education Techbook resources
Use Dash to create sentences, compound words, contraction, identify nouns/verbs/adjectives,
Quarter 1
ELA
Sequencing parts of a story using Dash, program Dash to go from each event in sequence, each group can have differentiated stories based on levels and abilities.
Math
Time/Money- Animate coins bouncing with labeling and values/combinations
Science
Make a TouchCast weather report, assign different groups with each season
Social Studies
Rotate stations in Dash Lab, program Dash to find Bluffton, South Carolina, United States, North America on various maps. Then read a sentence articulating the location of each using cardinal directions.
Quarter 2
ELA
Make product in Robotics, then make iMovie or trailer for a commercial to express their opinion on their product
Math
Utilize geoboard on iPad, create shapes/presentations on Educreations
Science
Use Legos to see how much each can push, pull various weights, classroom competition