Teacher Planning Guide
Suggested Sequencing (approx. 8 - 10 hours)
Folder
Activity
Time
Activity 1- Amazing Maze
Amazing Maze– Students learn how to program the mousebot to go through a maze.
60 min
Activity 2- Robot Mouse Dance
Robot Mouse Dance– Students create a dance routine for their Robot Mouse
45 min
Math
Robot Mouse Number Line– Students practice solving math questions and they reveal the solution by programming their mouse robot to travel to the correct answer.
Robot Mouse Measuring and Estimating– Students use the Robot Mouse to estimate and measure distances.
Robot Mouse Recognizing Numbers– Students practice solving math questions and they reveal the solution by programming their mouse robot to travel to the correct answer.
45 min – 1.5 hrs
Social Studies
Robot Mouse Exploring Maps– Students use cards of community places to make a map or illustrate their own maps to describe the relative location of places in their community, province, or country.
45 min
English Language Arts
Robot Mouse Storytelling– After reading or listening to a story, students will demonstrate their understanding of the story by programming Robot Mouse to travel to pictures in the correct order that represent the main ideas.
Robot Mouse Vocabulary Maze– Students code their robot mouse to find objects based on their beginning letter sound, or find the correct spelling of a word.
Robot Mouse Letters– Students use the Robot Mouse to spell words.
45 min – 1.5 hrs
Science
Robot Mouse Life of Bees– After reading or listening to a story about the life cycle of bees, students will demonstrate their understanding by programming their mouse to travel to cards representing the key events in the life of bees.
45 min
Games
Robot Mouse Chutes and Ladders-Students play chutes and ladders while coding the Robot Mouse to play as the game piece.
Robot Mouse Curling– Program the robot mouse to get to the center of the circle. The closest mouse wins!
45 min
