If you haven’t heard of Bee-Bots yet – just ask a Ranney School (Tinton Falls, NJ) first grader! Students are using measurement, calculation, strategy and more to program these small bee-shaped robots to drive through mazes and number charts. The teamwork and programming skills they are learning at this young age will carry over to Ranney’s robotics and coding programs as they enter higher grade levels.
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