Accessories and Learning Materials for Blue-Bot

There are many ways to enhance your students’ learning with Blue-Bots. These include:

• online lessons and activities that tie into your curriculum
• activity mats
• card sets
• accessories to add functionality to Blue-Bots
• systems for storing and charging Blue-Bots
• bundles with Blue-Bots and other items

Curriculum Products for Blue-Bot

• Bee-Bot Lessons
  These lessons for Grades K–2 include both online and offline activities that target curriculum skills in 10 content areas. Over 3,000 images that accompany the lessons are included for use with the Card Mat. Suggestions for differentiated instruction adapt the lesson for struggling and advanced students. Each lessons includes how it aligns to national learning standards. It is a great learning tool for both Bee-Bots and Blue-Bots. Click here to preview the product before licensing it.

• Problem-Solving with Bee-Bot
  These lessons target problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Through a series of sequential challenges, students learn to direct Bee-Bot on increasingly complicated routes, which develops an understanding of programming, prediction, self-evaluation, and mapping in the process. These lessons work with both Bee-Bots and Blue-Bots. Click here to preview the product before licensing it.

  Students can also explore with Blue-Bot in the online emulator.

Blue-Bot Materials for the Classroom

Activity Mats to use on the floor or large tabletop

• Blank Card Mat to add your own images
• Alphabet Mat (English) with Alphabet Cards
• Alphabet Mat (Spanish)
• CVC Words Mat with CVC Word Cards
• Community Mat
• Country Road Mat
• Dice Mat
• Go Cart Rally Mat
• Number Line Mat
• School Mat
• Shapes, Colors, and Size Mat
• U.S. Coin Mat
• Old West Mat
• Snakes and Ladders Mat

Card Sets allow students to keep track of their Blue-Bot’s journey and practice curriculum topics

• Command Cards
• Alphabet Cards
• CVC Word Cards

Additional Materials enhance students’ explorations

• 3D Community Construction Kit
• Bee-Bot/Blue-Bot Step Ruler 20-Pack

Extending Blue-Bot’s Capabilities

• Robot Sensors
  When Blue-Bot gets close to the sensor, it plays a sound that you can record.

• TacTile Reader Pair Blue-Bot to the TacTile Card Reader via Bluetooth, then plan and execute Blue-Bot’s journey using command tiles.
  Read more here.

• Pen Holder Jackets (6-Pack)
  These jackets allow Blue-Bot to draw as it moves

• Pusher Jackets (6-pack)
  These jackets allow Blue-Bot to push and retrieve light-weight objects

• “Bee-signer” Jackets (4-pack)
  Decorate these fun jackets to personalize your Blue-Bots.

Storing and Charging Blue-Bots

• Hive Case
  Store and carry up to 6 Blue-Bots safely.

• Six-Bot USB Charger
  Charge up t0 6 Blue-Bots at once. Remember to unplug the charger when they are fully charged.

• Docking Station
  Store and charge to 6 Blue-Bots. Remember to unplug the charger when they are fully charged.

Blue-Bot Bundles

• Learning Station
  1 Blue-Bot and 1 Card Mat

• Hive Bundle
  6 Blue-Bots, 1 Docking Station, 6 Decks of Command Cards

• Class Bundle
  4 Blue-Bots, 2 Card Mats, 2 Decks of Command Cards, 1 Pusher Jacket, 1 Pen Holder Jacket

• Programming Journey Bundle
  One of each robot: Bee-Bot, Blue-Bot, Tuff-Bot, Pro-Bot, and InO-Bot