Platform

• Bee-Bot

• Blue-Bot

  • App Store

  • Google Play

Digital Technologies Progress Outcomes

• CT = PO2

• DDDO = PO1

Cross-Curricular Links

• Science

• Social Sciences

Year Levels

• Y1-2 (Directed)

• Y3-4 (Guided)

• Y5-6+

Duration

• 1 lesson

Resources

• Activity Guide

• Guide Document

• Bird cards with QR Codes

• Predator and threat cards

• Conservation Status Printable

• NZ Birds Online (NZ Bird Encyclopaedia)

• Bird of the Year Homepage

• Forest & Bird Homepage

Differentiation

Have supplies ready for decorating the bot like a bird and the grid like an outdoor habitiat, or let ākonga explore for the natural materials themselves.

Place the bird cards face down so that each visit is a surprise.

Extension

Expand the investigation of each bird to include more details about its names, habitat, conservation status, threats/predators and conservation efforts, and more.

About Activity

This activity prompts students to learn about the native birds of Aotearoa NZ through Blue/Bee bots, QR codes, NZ Birds Online and the Bird of the Year platform by Forest & Bird | Te Reo o te Taiao.

With the goal of visiting each bird on the grid and avoiding both predators and man-made threats, support your ākonga to think computationally and code a sequence of instructions that leads their bots across the grid and around obstacles to each bird card.