Robotics

Grades K-2 | Introduction to Robots: What is a Robot?

Telling stories is important to teaching coding! The Colby Robot helps students learn how to tell stories using button-based code. During the course, early elementary students will use their Colby robots to draw numbers, tell a story, hunt for treasure, and complete hands-on activities to build their understanding of robotics.

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Grades 3-5 | Discovery of Robots: Coding mBot

How can students learn about coding and robotics at the same time? Building and coding come to life for students as they interact with the mBot! Students will create a robot that tracks and follows a line, responds with sound, flashes lights, and competes in a series of robot tasks and challenges.

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Grades 6-8 | Exploration of Robots: Coding mBot for a Purpose

How important are robots to our everyday lives? How can we be creators of this amazing technology as opposed to being just consumers of what robots produce? These are just a few of the questions that students will explore as they learn how to build, code, and operate the mBot robot! Students build connections to real-world robotics by responding to and avoiding objects, recognizing and following line marks combining skills to complete a competition challenge.

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Grades 9-12 | Coding Microbit for Manufacturing

How can we create fully automated manufacturing processes? What role do sensors, motors, and programming play in modern automation? These are just a few of the questions that students will explore as they learn to program a completely autonomous manufacturing process using a Micro:bit and a suite of sensors, motors, and conveyors. Students build connections to real-world automation by calibrating conveyor motors, sorting blocks by color, and using wireless communication to create autonomous sorting machines.

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