Robot Maths

Engaging with Robots presents so many exciting possibilities for enhancing mathematics learning.

Students at St Aidan’s enjoy coding and programming a variety of robots to consolidate, revisit and revise mathematical concepts. Directional language, numbers, shapes, simple algorithms and place value are explored and understood using robots. Our youngest learn with Bee Bots and Blue Bots, coding the robot to identify shapes, numbers or navigate to the answer of an addition or subtraction problem on a mat. Pro Bots are fabulous for enjoying and understanding measurement, angles and time. The girls are being exposed to Logo, a text-based programming language, and use a pen to draw the lines and angles, making learning visible.

Spheros are a huge hit for maths in the middle years, collecting data and being able to plot a graph, understanding x and y axis, through using the Sphero Edu App. Students undertook tasks to experience gradients by programming the Sphero in long jump and understood friction with distance and time on different surfaces. Reading and writing 5-digit numbers was exciting with Sphero Bolt, programming the Sphero to move, display a digit on the LED Matrix then write and read the digits, finished off by adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100, 1000 & 10000 mentally. Using the animation feature, the girls made 5-digit number animations!

Upper primary students work with Lego EV3’s and Parrot Mambo drones to teach mathematical concepts of speed, distance, time and measurement.

Engaging with Robots presents so many exciting possibilities for enhancing mathematics learning.

Jackie Child Digital Technologies Coordinator