About Learning Mats

Terrapin offers over a dozen mats for students to use with Bee-Bots, Blue-Bots, and Pro-Bots. Use these mats with your ‘bots in your classroom on the floor or a large table.

What do students learn using these mats? In addition to practicing the curriculum content they are learning, they are using these key critical thinking skills:

Spatial reasoning - When programming the Bee-Bot to move along a mat, students can develop spatial reasoning skills as they plan and execute different movements and turns.
Problem-solving skills - As students program the Bee-Bot to move along the mat and encounter obstacles or challenges, they can develop problem-solving skills to overcome these challenges.
Collaboration - When working in pairs or small groups, students can collaborate and share ideas on how to program the Bee-Bot to navigate the mat and complete different challenges.

The Learning Mats can be divided into different groups, depending on their purpose.

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.

You can also explore many of these mats using the online versions of these robots in your browser.