Water Cycle & Coding Bee-Bot
3rd Grade
Computer Science Standards:
3.FC: Foundational Concepts 1) Locate and use appropriate online tools and resources to explore, research, and collect data on specific topics (e.g., applications, web browsers, and online tutorials). 2) Communicate key ideas and details collaboratively in a way that informs, persuades, and/or entertains, using digital tools. 3) Use basic features of digital tools to communicate key ideas and details in a way that informs and/or persuades.
3.DA: Data Analysis 1) Use data to highlight or propose cause-and-effect relationships, predict outcomes, or communicate an idea.
3.NI: Networking and the Internet 2) Conduct basic keyword searches to produce valid, appropriate results, and evaluate results for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness.
Science Standards:
Lesson Opening Activity:
Computer Science Vocabulary:
Data: facts or concepts found through research
Research: to use computers to investigate and find facts and information to solve problems
Algorithm: A step-by-step process to complete a task.
Command: a task given to run a program
Input: The signals, data values, or instructions sent to a computer
Run: to execute a program
Bug: an error in a program
Debugging: The process of finding and correcting errors (bugs) in programs.
Pair Programming: Collaborating with a partner(s) to develop and/or execute a program. An example of pair programming might be one person is the driver (the one working the hardware), and one is the navigator (the person sharing the code to the driver and checking that it makes sense).
Computer Science Vocabulary Videos 🎥📺
Water Cycle Video 💧
Student Directions: Become a Water Cycle Expert!!! Agenda📝💻
1. In your group, you will use a digital tool called the Interactive Water Cycle Diagram to create your own diagram of the water cycle. You will include the following data on your diagram.
evaporation: definition
condensation: definition
precipitation: definition
images of the water cycle-like a tree, river, people, flowers
How is the water cycle important to Earth? answer the question
2. Write an algorithm to get Bee-Bot to each stage of the Water Cycle.
3. Padlet Post: Name the three stages of the water cycle and explain how is the water cycle important to life on Earth.
4. Digital Centers for students that finish early
*Possible extension activity
Water Cycle Diagram Data💻📝
1. Condensation
2. Precipitation
3. Evaporation
4. Why is the water cycle important to life on Earth? answer the question
Water Cycle Resources: Digital Tools💻
Coding Activity with Robots🤖
Coding Vocabulary
function
algorithm
command
bug
debug
Bee-Bot and Blue Bot
Padlet Post
Padlet is a digital tool to communicate and collaborate data with our peers. Create a padlet post that names each stage of the water cycle and explain how the water cycle is important to life on Earth. Remember to think before you post.