Edventures Rockin' Robots Program
Music-based activities keep class rockin' as young students work together to program robots and investigate sound!
Combine coding principles and robotics curriculum with hands-on building skills as students code a small robot to perform during musical challenges. Sphero indi is an approachable, entry-level robot that introduces students sound effects, the music scale, and song writing as they learn coding basics. First, they place colorful tiles on the floor, then a color sensor instructs the robot where to go next in a melodic maze as it rolls over the cards. Each activity guide includes background information about STEM robotics, materials list, and optional extension activities.
Curriculum includes 12 one-hour lessons and is great for use in classrooms, makerspaces, robotics clubs, before and afterschool programs, and summer camps. Store materials in the included storage tub. Full contents list below. Accommodates 30 students. Recommended for Grades 1-3.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS, CCSS-Math, CCSS-ELA, ISTE.
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Program includes:
- Sphero indi Educational Robot Student Kits, 6 Ea
- Aluminum Foil Squares, 500 Ea
- Paper Bags, 6 Ea
- Table Tennis Balls, 12 Ea
- Tennis Balls, 6 Ea
- Rhythm Rescue by Vicky Weber, 1 Ea
- Chenille Stems, 1 Bag
- Plastic Cups (16 oz), 50 Ea
- Glue Sticks, 30 Ea
- Lanyards, 30 Ea
- Printer Paper, 500 Sheets
- Construction Paper, 50 Sheets
- Pencils, 36 Ea
- Colored Pencils, 12 Packs of 12
- Pencil Sharpeners, 6 Ea
- Rabbit Game Pieces, 12 Ea
- Rubber Bands, Pack of 250
- Scissors, 30 Ea
- Straws, 250 Ea
- Craft Sticks, 100 Ea
- Masking Tape, 6 Rolls
- Storage Tubs, 2 Ea
- Instructor Guide, 1 Ea
- Printed Student Pages, 6 Sets
- Printed Posters, 2 Ea
- Curriculum Digital Download
Technical Specifications & Device Requirements
- Requires 6 Tablets or Chromebooks (not included) with the Sphero Edu Jr app downloaded.
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- 1-PS4-1: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
- 2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
*The Next Generation Science Standards are 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.
Common Core Math Standards*:
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.A.1: Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.A.2: Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps.
*National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards. Washington, DC: Authors.
The ISTE Standards:
- ISTE 1.1.c: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
- ISTE 1.1.d: Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
- ISTE 1.4: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
- ISTE 1.5.c: Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
- ISTE 1.5.d: Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.
*ISTE Standards © 2024 4.01, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), iste.org. All rights reserved.