Programming Bee-Bots to Draw Geometric Shapes

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Published: Dec 17, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v1i2.7119
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Mathematics Geometry Programming Robots Elementary Education

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Muteb Alqahtani
SUNY Cortland
Jacob Hall
SUNY Cortland

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This article describes an activity that integrates Bee-Bot robots, to engage first-grade students in creating different geometric shapes. In this activity, students work collaboratively to program Bee-Bots to move on a specific path with two markers attached to the Bee-Bots to create a geometric shape on a sheet of paper. After exploring the robots, first-grade students are asked to create geometric shapes such as squares, rectangles, and circles. Students write and test their programs, then observe the drawing to debug their program. This allows students to attend to the number of sides and vertices and the relations among them to complete the task. 

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Alqahtani, M., & Hall, J. (2022). Programming Bee-Bots to Draw Geometric Shapes. Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching, 1(2), 2–9. https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v1i2.7119
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching
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Author Biographies

Muteb Alqahtani, SUNY Cortland

Muteb M. Alqahtani is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. His research interests include technology integration in mathematics classroom and the teaching and learning of fractions in early grades.

Jacob Hall, SUNY Cortland

Jacob A. Hall is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. His research interests include the preparation of teachers for blended learning environments, the integration of robotics with young children and development of pre-service teachers’ computational thinking.