Learning with Tuff-Bot

What can exploring with Tuff-Bot teach learners?

Using Tuff-Bot, students are developing computational thinking skills by:

• learning and exploring directional language
• using appropriate tools strategically
• defining engineering problems and developing solutions
• modeling with mathematics
• recognizing and using patterns
• investigating angles
• exploring, testing, designing, and writing programs
• debugging programs and solving problems
• writing and exploring algorithms
• predicting the behavior of simple programs
• using logical reasoning to explain how algorithms and programs are working

You can also use Tuff-Bot to develop skills across a wider curriculum

• Speaking and listening
  Learning and programming with Tuff-Bot can be a paired or group activity to encourage verbal communication.

• Developing independence through active learning
  The simple design and easy-to-use robot allow children to learn through independent exploration and trial and error. Teachers can also play and learn alongside the children.

• Cross-curricular learning opportunities
  Use Tuff-Bot to incorporate computing across the curriculum. Use it to draw shapes in the sand or navigate through a story map.