KIBO


All Lower School students have had a chance to collaborate this year to program a KIBO robot in Spark, our Makerspace.   During their visit, students were introduced to the definition of a robot and the concept of programming.  These robot themed books were helpful to introduce the unit in the classroom:

In addition, students were exposed to the engineering design process since their challenge was to:

  • ASK
  • IMAGINE
  • PLAN
  • CREATE
  • TEST
  • IMPROVE
  • SHARE

KIBO is a robot kit specifically designed for young children aged 4-7 years old.  In pairs, students created a sequence of instructions (a program) using the wooden KIBO blocks.



They scan the blocks with the KIBO body to tell the robot what to do. Next, they pressed the button and the robot came alive (See video below).

If you would like to learn more, check out this interesting article about how to teach KIBO to young children in early education that appeared in The Economist.

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