Bee-Bots Tinkering Activity

Computing

• Create simple programs
• Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school

Design and Technology

• When designing and making, pupils should be taught to: Evaluate: explore and evaluate a range of existing products

Maths
Geometry – position and direction:

• Year 1: Pupils should be taught to: describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns
• Year 2: Pupils should be taught to: use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right

Computing Science

• Understanding the world through computational thinking
• Designing, building and testing computing solutions

Craft, Design Engineering and Graphics:

• When designing and making, pupils should be taught to: Evaluate: explore and evaluate a range of existing products

Numeracy and Mathematics

Shape, position and movement

• Pupils should be able to: describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns
• Pupils should be able to: use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise)

Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities (TSPC)

• Ask focused questions
• Generate possible solutions, try out alternative approaches and evaluate outcomes
• Experiment with ideas and questions
• Develop routines of turn taking, sharing and co-operating

Mathematics and Numeracy

Shape and space

• Explore movement through space during indoor and outdoor play activities
• Understand and use a range of positional words
• Explore movement using programmable devices
• Follow/give directions from/to a partner for simple movements
• Understand angle as a measure of turn; understand and give instructions for turning through right angles
• Use programmable devices to explore movement and direction

Processes in Mathematics
Mathematical Reasoning - Explain their way of working

WAU – Geography

• Develop their sense of place through play
• Follow/give directions for a route on a large scale map, using left/right directions

UICT
Interactive Design

• Explore a digital device using simple commands, e.g. make a Bee-Bot move
• Enter commands to create movement or change, for example enter commands to make a Bee-Bot move to a specific location

Cross Curricular

The context in which this exercise is explored could be adapted to cover scenarios within World Around Us – Science, Geography or History, literacy or thematic unit.

AoLE
Science and Technology

What Matters Statement
Computation is the foundation for our digital world

Descriptions of learning

Progression Step 2

• I can follow instructions to build and control a physical device.

Science and Technology

What Matters Statement
Design thinking and engineering offer technical and creative ways to meet society’s needs and wants.

Descriptions of learning

Progression Step 2

• I can explore how different component parts work together.

DCF Strand: Data and computational thinking

Element: Problem-solving and modelling

• I can change instructions to achieve a different outcome.