This activity is a fun way to introduce both coding with the Bee-Bot and Code & Go Mouse Robots, and reinforce learning about our community! It is easily adaptable and differentiated so Kindergarten through the upper elementary grades can learn coding and simple algorithms by selecting a workplace picture and finding it on their mat! Younger students will learn to code the robot to go forward, backward, turn right and left, while older students can use their skills to explore new ways to code their robots more efficiently. With the addition of Community Helper Picture Task Cards and Community Helper Job Title Task Cards, the challenge because even harder. These activities will spark your students' critical thinking skills, regardless of age!

Community Helpers Go to Work Coding Activities are ideal for:

• Individual Classrooms
• STEM Labs
• Computer Technology Labs

Included are:

• 18 Unique Workplace Picture Tiles (includes one Start Tile) which gives you dozens of combinations of different-sized mats!
• 2 Levels of Student Planning Sheets to accommodate different grade levels and learners
• 17 Workplace Picture Task Cards ideal for younger students and beginners - they will use the task card to locate the identical workplace picture on the coding mat
• 17 Community Helper Picture Task Cards and
• 17 Community Helper Job Title Task Cards which provide more challenging coding problems for students to solve. They can code with a partner who can draw a card and call out a job title that corresponds toworkplace on the mat. Students can also select a Community Helper Picture Task Card and correlate the worker's appearance with the correct workplace. Students must use their skills to determine the code for their robot to travel to without actually seeing what it looks like!
• Teacher Instructions include printing instructions for both Bee-Bots (15 cm) tiles and Code and Go Mouse (12 cm) tiles.

Questions? Click the Q and A tab below or email me at nancy@thattechchicktpt.com. Check out my other Coding Activities here.

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