Cookie Jar Alarms

The integration of robotics in the engineering education of children is discussed. Robotics is emerging as an effective strategy for bridging the gap between technology and engineering design in early childhood classrooms. Robots are a tangible manifestation of computer coding. They allow young stud...

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Published inScience and children Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 66 - 72
Main Authors Lott, Kimberly, Urbanek-Carney, Sara, Mitchell, April
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.10.2019
Subjects
Activity Units
Children
Coding
Design engineering
Engineering
Engineering education
Grade 1
Independent Reading
Job Skills
Literacy Education
Reading Instruction
Robotics
Robots
Students
Young Children
United States > US
Utah
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Summary:The integration of robotics in the engineering education of children is discussed. Robotics is emerging as an effective strategy for bridging the gap between technology and engineering design in early childhood classrooms. Robots are a tangible manifestation of computer coding. They allow young students to not only engage in developmentally appropriate play activities but also actively participate in solving problems through engineering design. An overview of a two-week engineering challenge for first-grade students using KIBO to create a cookie jar alarm, as an introduction to our unit on light and sound is offered. The challenge is aligned to the first-grade standard of the Next Generation Science Standards.
ISSN:0036-8148
1943-4812