Using the Ozobots with Students this past week, for Robotics Week, was simply amazing! This was the first experience using our tiniest robots for many of the Students, so I started off describing how it operates just like any other robot, by following the commands or codes given to it. We could have grabbed iPads and used the Blockly style apps for coding, but I think it's helpful to have Students begin manually coding them to get a good look at how the process works. Ozobot has a lengthy and well rounded part of their site, full of great lesson plans, so I selected several of the basic level plans along with the fun challenges. And...away we went! Here's a look at the Challenges we selected. Students worked in pairs and were encouraged to talk out the challenge before putting ink to paper. This was a great exercise in planning and designing!
Other challenges were to put 4 of the US Presidents in order...given Presidents Day was recently celebrated, it added an element of fun. Bowling Pin Challenge also gave the partners a bit of a time. These challenges were perfect for 3rd thru 5th Graders, but I can see our 2nd Graders managing nicely as well.
Excellent Lab time exploring our little robot friends!
