*New* Programming 2: Bee-Bots
Exploring commands, instructions and errors through the use of a Bee-Bot.
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Bee-Bot is a registered trademark of TTS Group and can be purchased from their website: www.tts-group.co.uk.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Write instructions for a person to follow.
- Carry out instructions written for a person to follow.
- Explain what each Bee-Bot button does.
- Create and test a short set of instructions.
- Check instructions and spot errors.
- Test instructions to check for further errors.
- Program a Bee-Bot using logical instructions.
- Identify and correct mistakes in a sequence when the Bee-Bot does not behave as expected
Suggested prior learning
Programming 1: Algorithms unplugged
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Classroom robots
Lesson 2: Exploring Bee-Bots
Lesson 3: Programming Bee-Bots
Lesson 4: Bee-Bot mazes
Lesson 5: Bee-Bot mystery
Key skills
- Recognising that robots are
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Humans need to
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Key vocabulary
command
error
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y1: *New* Programming 2: Bee-Bots
Aimed at pupils, a single page providing key facts, diagrams and definitions from the unit '*New* Programming 2: Bee-Bots'.
Vocabulary display – Computing Y1: *New* Programming 2: Bee-Bots
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Bee-Bots'.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
British values: Mutual respect.
English: Spoken language.
Mathematics: Geometry – position and direction.
Suggested next steps
Programming 1: Algorithms and debugging
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