
Blue Girl Adventures Computer Science Grades PreK-2 - including Bee-Bots
Blue Girl Adventures will engage young learners in STEM and computer science through a set of five integrated Storytime STEM+C challenges. 6 Bee-Bots are included in this package. 1. The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl Part 1 STEM+C Concepts Computer Science: Develop programs with sequences to address a problem This challenge starts with reading the book The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl, a story inspired by the work of Poul la Cour, a pioneer of wind turbines. Children put blue hair on Bee-Bot to turn it into the Blue Girl and then program Girl-Bot to blow through town on a colorful vinyl mat featuring landmarks from the story. Symbol cards are provided and help children keep track of and debug their programs. 2. The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl Part 2 STEM+C Concepts Science: Natural Resources Computer Science: Develop programs with sequences to address a problem Children make streamers and observe a pinwheel to explore how moving air (wind) acts on objects. They then observe how a sim