Amazing Bee-Bot resources from Kent ICT

This is from here over at Kent ICT. This is a great resource especially if you don't have the mats for the bee-bots (like we don't at the moment) then the PDF for the cones and the letters.

Kent Bee-Bot Resources created by James Barrett

Jackets to fit on your Bee Bot 

All of the jackets work best if you place a piece of BluTack behind the Bee Bot's eyes. I like to give the children a 15cm square of  corrugated cardboard. Then they can make their own track or map. 

Aeroplane
To use if you are having a Seaside or Holidays topic. The engines drag on the floor though, so I wouldn't bother with them unless you are really enjoying yourself.

Handa's Surprise jacket.
This one includes a basket where you can put the fruit. (Handa herself needs to be found elsewhere on the Internet, then cut out and glued onto the jacket).

A sealife jacket.

		Beebot Shell (online resource) Create your own BeeBot shell. Dress your Beebots as story characters and drive around a story map. Pre made examples include Elmer, The Gingerbread Man and a Police Car. When you PRINT don't forget to set the 'Preferences' to landscape, else your shell will be very small!!

		Beebot Cones (PDF resource)
		Right-click on the picture and choose 'save target as'. This will download a net for a beebot cone. Print the cone onto card and you have a target for your journey, or a place to put phoneme flags, or hang cotton between two cones and you can suspend phoneme cards to knock down with your beebot.
		Beebot Cone Tops - (PDF resource)
		Supports Letters and Sounds  This resource creates phoneme-labelled cone tops which can be placed on top of the Beebot cones provided above.
		Pixie / Beebot - (PDF resource)
		Non Standard Units of Measure Print and then laminate this resource. Then cut out the pictures to use as non-standard units of measure, (11cm for Pixie and 15cm for Beebot). These cards are also very useful for planning your route.

Bee-Bot software

NB. You don’t need to buy this software to use your Bee-Bot and you don’t need a Bee-Bot to use this software.

Within the software, you can program a virtual Bee-Bot to move around a mat. The program allows users to watch the movements from a range of angles including the perspective of the moving Bee-Bot.

http://www.tts-group.co.uk

Creating your own resources

Top tip - Draw 15cm x 15cm squares as the Bee-Bot can only move in 15cm increments.

Resources

Get the Buzz on Bee-Bots - Learning Innovation Centre
Website has an Official Bee-Bot Guide as well as other Bee-Bot resources including:

• Slalom Buzzing Bee-Bot Resource Kit
• Pollen Hunt Flower Template
• Bee-Bot Number Hives Mat Template
• Bee-Bot B-Tunes Song Charts

Bee Bots - learning without the mats

I was wondering the other day what or how to use the Bee-Bots without mats with Reception aged children. The thing is, the children have never seen them before let alone used them. So, do I hold off and wait till my support staff have made the mats and roadways or let them play and explore?

So, I decided to make these pages as a collection of Bee-Bot Resources based on my past experiences with all the obstacles and mats versus the home made approach from other teachers around the world.

The first is a video from Clive Dawes at the Kellet School in Hong Kong where he has just set the Bee-Bots up and let them dance. 

The Plan, therefore, is to play and explore then pair the children up and get them to copy each other. A simple 30minute plan.

1. Show Clive's Video. Let the children Play. Remind them of the Clear Button.

2. Patterns - back and forth counting steps to 3.

3. Patterns left and right.

4. Pair up. Copy a 'Dance'