What's the buzz?

In this lesson students use BeeBots and Scratch Junior to synthesize what they know about Bees and are introduced to mapping concepts. This lesson idea was created by Karen Butler.

Additional details

Year band(s)	Foundation, 1-2
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Data representation, Algorithms
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDIFK01 Recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose AC9TDI2K01 Identify and explore digital systems and their components for a purpose AC9TDIFK02 Represent data as objects, pictures and symbols AC9TDI2K02 Represent data as pictures, symbols, numbers and words AC9TDI2P02 Follow and describe algorithms involving a sequence of steps, branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition)
Technologies & Programming Languages	Robotics and drones
Keywords	BeeBot, Scratch Jr, Scratch Junior, Mapping, Programming, Robotics, Coding, Symbols, Geography, Data representation, Karen Butler, CSER, Computer Science Education Research Group
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	HASS
Organisation	CSER
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated.