The standards-compliant RoboBlocky Math curriculum employs hands-on computing and robotics activities to boost students’ interest and engagement in learning math (they learn while having fun!):

• Explore thousands of standards-compliant lessons and activities

• Help make meaningful connections between abstract math concepts and real-life applications

• Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Allow personalized learning and exploration

• Conduct collaborative learning and teamwork

Customize your use: Teachers may use the lessons and activities sequentially, following the suggested order in each grade-level course, or as a supplemental tool, choosing from among them as appropriate and needed (including activities from different grade levels to personalize activities for the variety of student levels in a class). The activities may also be used for both formative and summative assessments.

Prior coding or robotics experience is not required. We recommend that instructors review the "Getting Started with RoboBlocky" series of video lessons, which cover the basics of RoboBlocky. Instructors may then communicate the key concepts to their students, as appropriate, and/or have their students in Grade 3+ also view the videos.

The RoboBlocky Math curriculum has had proven success in increasing student engagement and learning. One school in the Los Angeles area saw its 3rd grade math standardized test passing rate increase from 51% to 88% over a four year period, an increase of 72%! View 3rd grade students from this school with robots in action in this video, and see more of K-2 students learning math with coding and robotics in both English and Spanish through distance learning here.

Increase in Standard SBAC Math Scores by 72% over 4 Years!

 

More success stories can be found here.

The Computer Science Standards compliant Computer Science with Robotics curriculum motivates and engages students in learning fundamentals  of computer science (CS) by using hands-on interactive robotics lessons and activities with virtual and/or hardware robots. In addition students gain experience and skills in:

• Computational thinking

• Logical thinking and reasoning

• Reading, following directions, and sequential thinking

• Spatial relations and fine motor coordination

• Mathematical modeling and graphing

• Scientific explorations and error analysis

• Arts (music and drawing) and design

• Personalized learning and exploration

• Collaborative learning and teamwork skills

• Makerspaces and building their own robots as culminating projects with hardware

• Making the transition from block-based coding to text-based programming in C

• Physical computing using Arduino with electronics and sensors (Grades 3+)

• Creative storytelling as comprehensive projects for collaboration and distance learning (Grade 5+)

• Sensor-based robotics (Grade 6+)

• Creating lessons/activities for others to use (Grades 9-12)

Each course in the curriculum, independent of others, is tailored for a specific grade taking into account cognitive abilities and math levels. Prior coding or robotics experience is not required for each grade level. Each course may be used as a stand-alone curriculum, to supplement existing courses such as computational thinking in science, enegineering, robotics, art, etc., or to support the corresponding RoboBlocky Math course above.

The Engineering Design with Robotics curriculum provides many engineering design and project ideas for students to use Linkbot robots and accessories to build robot machines to solve various real-world problems. The engineering design may also use OmniBot, Arduino, and sensor-based robotics. These curricula can be used as a part of science, engineering, and robotics courses for grades K to 12.
 

Afterschool and Summer Robotics Programs are designed for our partners to host for their students locally for expanded learning. More information here. 

Afterschool and Summer Robotics-Math Programs are designed for our partners to host for their students locally for expanded learning. More information here.

These fun activities can be used during various holidays.

Professional Development sessions that introduce instructors to the full curriculum and/or camp curriculum, along with instructor resources, can also be scheduled. If there is a large cohort of instructors from the same school district, a tailored PD can be arranged. No prior coding and robotics experience is needed. More information here.

The C-STEM Math/CS/Engineering Design with Robotics Curriculum (including RoboBlocky Math, Computer Science with Robotics, Engineering Design with Robotics, and Robotics and Robotics-Math for Afterschool and Summer Programs, and RoboPlay Competitions):

• Increases student engagement and enthusiasm with hands-on coding and robotics with user-friendly reconfigurable modular robots, specially designed for teaching and learning in the classroom and expanded learning with hearing, moving, and touching.
• Helps students gain math literacy and make meaningful connections between abstract concepts and real-life applications through over 13,000 lessons and activities
• Encourages creativity through engineering design process with creating students' own robot machines, storytelling, and creating RoboBlocky activities
• Is aligned with commonly used math textbooks
• Can get started at any grade level from transitional kindergarten to 12th grade
• Can be used sequentially as first instruction, following the suggested order in the provided grade-level curriculum, or as a supplemental tool, choosing from among lessons and activities as appropriate and needed
• Is aligned with established math, science, and computer science standards
• Facilitates distance learning with virtual and/or optional hardware robots using a web browser in any device, including smartphones
• Enables personalized learning and exploration across subjects and grade-levels at students' own pace
• Offers a low floor for beginners and a high ceiling for advanced students, providing a smooth transition from drag-and-drop block-based coding to text-based programming in C.
• Offers audio options for lessons and activities to be presented in English and other languages, such as Spanish.
• Eases teacher start-up rapidly with interactive and video tutorials, full-featured Learning Management System for homework assignment and grading, instant response and student feedback system for use in classrooms and expanded learning, and tests and assessment
• Supports teaching innovation by allowing teachers to create their own lessons and activities tailored to their students' needs and interests.
• Has been proven to significantly increase math performance and college readiness for both at-promise and gifted students