Cubelets BOT Builder

• Grades: 1-3
• Number of Students: Up to 30
• Number of Lessons: 12
• Contact Hours: 12+

Highlights:

The BOTs are back!

In Cubelets®️ BOT Builder, learners build a variety of fully functional robots using Cubelets, the Modular Robotics building blocks. From the Waddle-Bot that runs in circles to the Rodeo-Bot that bucks like a bull, Cubelets BOT Builder utilizes scaffolded lessons to expand upon each activity’s objectives as learners harness the power of STEM to make robots move, sense and adapt to their surroundings.

With 12, one-hour lessons centered around collaboration, social-emotional learning, the engineering design process and a growth mindset, get ready to introduce your youngest roboticists to a lifelong love of STEM!

Recommended Settings:

• Summer Camps
• Classrooms
• Before & After-School Programs
• Homeschools
• Libraries and Makerspaces
• Out-of-School

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

Subject Targets:

• Technology
• English Language Arts Connections

Curriculum Topics:

• Machine or Robot?
• Iterative Design Process
• Robotic Design
• Inputs and Outputs
• Sensors
• Equilibrium
• Collision Avoidance
• Combining Blocks
• Complex Systems
• Biomimicry
• Bot Bonanza!

Standards Alignment:

Habits of Mind:

16 thinking habits developed by Art Costa and Bena Kallick to empower students to succeed in a 21st-century learning environment.

• Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
• Creating, Imagining, Innovating
• Finding Humor
• Gathering Data through All Senses
• Listening with Understanding and Empathy
• Managing Impulsivity
• Persisting
• Questioning and Posing Problems
• Responding with Wonderment and Awe
• Striving for Accuracy
• Thinking about Thinking (Metacognition)
• Thinking Flexibly
• Thinking Interdependently

21st Century Skills:

A set of widely-applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

• Creativity and Innovation
• Communication and Collaboration
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Information, Media, and Technology Literacy
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Leadership and Responsibility
• Productivity and Accountability
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1-3 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

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Next Generation Science Standards:*

• NGSS-K-2-ETS1-1 Engineering Design
• NGSS-K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
• NGSS-3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering Design

*Next Generation Science Standards and NGSS is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

What's Included:

• Schedule
• Opening & Closing Discussion
• Step-By-Step Activity Instructions
• Topic Background & Vocabulary
• Materials List

Complete Program Includes:

• Instructor Guide: 1
• Printed Sets of Student Pages: 5
• Poster Set: 1
• Curriculum Digital Download: 1
• Storage Tub: 1
• Mesh Bag (for cleaning bricks): 1
• Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! by Todd Tarpley: 1
• Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum: 1
• Hug Bot Version Five by Karl Woodhouse: 1
• Ish by Peter Reynolds: 1
• Robots, Robots Everywhere! by Sue Fliess and Bob Staake: 1
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty: 1
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires: 1
• Brick Separator: 1
• BrickLAB Brick Pack: 1
• Brick Plates (4x4, 1/4 Circle): 10
• Brick Plates (4x6): 10
• Brick Plates (4x8): 10
• Brick Plates (4x12): 10
• Small Storage Containers: 6
• Crayons (24 pack): 5
• Battery Cubelets: 5
• Bluetooth Hats: 5
• Brightness Cubelets: 5
• Cubelet Brick Adapters: 22
• Distance Cubelets: 10
• Drive Cubelets: 10
• Flashlight Cubelets: 10
• Inverse Cubelets: 5
• Knob Cubelets: 5
• Micro-USB Charging Cables: 5
• Passive Cubelets: 5
• Rotate Cubelets: 10
• Paper Plates: 30
• Scissors: 1
• Surge Protector with USB Outlets: 1
• Rolls of Masking Tape: 5