Terrapin Resources

Learning Mats

This section introduces you to Terrapin’s learning mats and how to incorporate them into your classroom.

About the Mats:
Learn more about the mats and what concepts students are exploring when they use them.

  • Curriculum Skills Mats allow students to explore and practice math and language arts concepts that are part of their daily lessons.
  • Narrative Mats engage students’ curiosity and creativity as they navigate their ‘bots to tell a story or explore an environment.
  • Specialty Mats are multi-purpose or specific to a particular robot.

Students can also explore many of these mats using the online versions of these robots in a browser.

Each bold link below takes you to a page with a larger image of the mat, a description, and lesson ideas that flow from beginning to advanced levels.

Small Image Mat Name Mat Type For These Robots




Card Mat


Specialty Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Number Line Mat


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Alphabet Mat (English)


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Alphabet Mat (Spanish)


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




CVC Words Mat


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Shapes, Colors, and Size Mat


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Dice Mat


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Coin Mat


Curriculum Skills


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Baseball Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot, Blue-Bot, Pro-Bot




Community Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




3D Community Construction Kit


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Country Road Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Go Cart Rally Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Old West Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




School Mat


Narrative Mat


Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot




Route Mat


Specialty Mat


Pro-Bot




Dry Erase Mat


Specialty Mat


Bee-Bot, Blue-Bot, Pro-Bot