Learning objective
- To explore commands through digital Bee-Bots.
Success criteria
- I can explain what each button on the
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Understand
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Cross-curricular links
Mathematics
Geometry – position
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Explain that the children will look closely at a group of images to decide which item could be the odd one out and why. Display the Presentation: Odd one out. Click on each image to enlarge it and allow the children time to study the pictures carefully. Ask the question on the slide and allow…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing support
Could be supported by class discussion breaks during the challenges; could use the Resource: Digital Bee-Bot challenge solutions to match the commands to the challenge before programming them into the emulator.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should work through the challenges independently using the Resource: Digital Bee-Bot challenges; should create their own Bee-Bot challenge for a peer to solve, documenting the required commands as a solution; could explain how their program worked and what changes they made when testing it.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining what each Bee-Bot button does;
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Vocabulary definitions
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command
One instruction that tells a computer or robot what to do.
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instructions
A set of commands that make a computer or robot do a job.
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In this unit
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