Lesson: Sphero Indi Robots and Computer Science Unit

Kellie Yates

Title
Lesson Description

Students will discover Indi Robots while learning about computer hardware and software. They will also be learning how a sequence or series of steps will help them control their robot. Finally they will learn how to change the code using software designed to interact with the Indi robot.

Materials: Sphero Indi Robots and command mats, iPads with various apps or other technology available for students in the classroom (we used calculators and iPads, but you could use printers, or Chromebooks).

Cost: $150 per robot student kit, or $1500 per class set of 8 robot kits and charging station

Submitted by Sara Sargent

Grade(s)/Age
1st Grade
Math Subject Matter
Standards for Mathematical Practice, SMP- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, SMP- Reason abstractly and quantitatively, SMP- Attend to precision, SMP- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning, Measurement and Data