Pro-Bot Lessons
Pro-Bot Lessons offers a series of lessons and guided explorations to introduce Pro-Bot and all of its features to students. Each lesson includes notes on implementation for the teacher, along with student instructions and worksheets to print and distribute. The "Focus on Geometry" section covers Grades 3–8 geometry standards: lines and angles, polygons, perimeter and area, coordinates, symmetry and much more. Because students can move Pro-Bot any distance and turn it at any angle, exploring geometry is a natural fit.
Pro-Bot Lessons is integrated with the Pro-Bot Online Emulator so students can learn online or with the actual Pro-Bot.
TOC - View a PDF of the Table of Contents
PREVIEW - View a selection of sample lesson pages
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Pro-Bot Lessons helps students transition from Bee-Bot or Blue-Bot to a more powerful robot. With a focus on math, problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity, Pro-Bot Lessons is a perfect addition to your STEM program.
- Guided Explorations help teachers show students how to use Pro-Bots.
- Student pages with “Try-it” challenges and worksheets engage them in learning new concepts.
- “How To” lessons show teachers how to save student projects, use the sensors, write procedures, and other special features of Pro-Bot.
- Tutorial videos help teachers learn to use some of the more advanced features.
- Over 80 online activities allow students to navigate Pro-Bots in a browser with Terrapin's online Pro-Bot Emulator.
- Activities using Terrapin’s Route Mat [not included] are great for problem-solving with Pro-Bot on the floor or online.
- Open-ended activities allow students to explore and experiment on their own.
- A log sheet can record each student’s progress through the lessons.
Just for fun: Check out Turtle Tuesdays - a weekly Logo (and often Pro-Bot) programming challenge designed to keep students engaged and thinking creatively. Weekly challenges are posted every Tuesday on Facebook and Instagram, with solutions the following week. Visit the Turtle Tuesdays page to view the archives of challenges offered.
- Facebook - @BeeBot.us
- Instagram - terrapin.tools.for.thinking
Pro-Bot Online: Check out Terrapin's Pro-Bot Online Emulator that lets you program a virtual Pro-Bot on any device that supports a browser. Choose from a variety of mats, including ones that use Pro-Bot's sensors.