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Bee-Bot is a registered trademark of TTS Education and can be purchased from their website: www.tts-group.co.uk. Terrapin created and holds copyright for the Terrapin Bee-Bot online emulator.
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 digital 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 digital Bee-Bot using logical instructions.
- Identify and correct mistakes in a sequence when the digital Bee-Bot does not behave as expected.
Suggested prior learning
Programming 1: Algorithms unplugged
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Digital classroom robots
Lesson 2: Exploring digital Bee-Bots
Lesson 3: Programming digital Bee-Bots
Lesson 4: Digital Bee-Bot game
Lesson 5: Digital 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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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Devices with internet access ×15
- Large space ×1
- Timer ×8
- Pots containing letters of the alphabet, using the pre-cut Resource: Alphabet, letter cards or magnetic letters ×1
- Terrapin Logo – Bee-Bot As needed
The equipment below is optional
- Colouring pencils ×30
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y1: *New* Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots
Aimed at pupils, a single page providing key facts, diagrams and definitions from the unit '*New* Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots'.
Vocabulary display – Computing Y1: *New* Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Digital Bee-Bots’.
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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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