Junior Kindergarten
Unit 6: Robotics (8 weeks)

Unit Summary

Students will learn the basics of that makes a robot a robot, how they function and how they effect our daily lives.  Students will spend the first four weeks learning with the Bee Bot Robotics, using their coding skills to program the robot.  The second four weeks students ​be learning with the Code-A-Pillar, starting with the app then moving to hands on building with the robot.  

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions
Students will understand that:
  • A robot is an object that completes a task.
  • Robots have a usefulness in their lives.
  • Programming is an the life behind a robot and how they connect.​
  • There are many different types of technology that effect their daily lives.
  • How robots and technology has grown over the years.
  • What makes a robot a robot?
  • ​Do robots have an important place in our world?
  • ​How do robots complete a task?
  • In what ways does technology make life easier?
  • ​In a world of constant change, what skills should we learn?

Knowledge 

Skills 
The student will know...
  • If a certain task was successfully performed.
  • How a robot’s purpose is important.
  • How a robot completes a task and how it affects them.
  • How technology affects the world we live in.​
  • How learning different skills will help them with changes in the world.
The student will be able to...
  • To analyze if an object can perform a task.
  • Identify the usefulness of robots in their lives.
  • Classify types of robots commonly used.
  • Distinguish how technology is used in their daily lives.
  • Identify how the world is constantly changing and how technology accelerates the changes.