Nexplore RoboCoding

NEXPLORE ROBOCODING

Coding without a computer? It’s the best way to start! This program gives students a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of both coding and robotics, allowing them to build and execute programs in the real world! With award-winning Cubelets kits, students combine robotic cubes–each with their own unique function–to create machines that can light up, move, and interact with the world around them. Students gain an in-depth understanding of fundamental concepts like inputs, outputs, and processing, and discover how simple building-blocks can come together to perform more and more complex tasks. By working together to solve coding and building challenges, students also reinforce essential life skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving.

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Grades PreK-K: Meet Your Cubelets

Time per class: ~45min

Course 1	Course 2	Course 3
1. Cubelets Open Play 01	1. Act Out Cubelets 02	1. Cubelets Open Play 05
2. Robot Bodies & Human Bodies	2. Cubelets Open Play 03	2. Investigating Two SENSE Cubelets
3. Cubelets Sort	3. Investigating SENSE Cubelets	3. Act Out Cubelets with Four Blocks
4. Driving Bots	4. Modeling Robots 03	4. Cubelets Storytelling pt. 1
5. Act Out Cubelets 01	5. Act Out Cubelets 03	5. Cubelets Storytelling pt. 2
6. Cubelets Open Play 02	6. Cubelets Open Play 04	6. Cubelets Challenges
7. Modeling Robots 01	7. Cubelets Storytelling #1 pt. 1	7. Modeling Robots 04
8. Investigating ACT Cubelets	8. Cubelets Storytelling #1 pt. 2	8. Cubelets Open Play 06
9. Modeling Robots 02	9. Introducing Cubelets Challenges	9. Investigating THINK Cubelets

Grades 1-5

Course 1: Default Cubelets Exploration	Course 2: Creative Cubelets Exploration
1. Robot Bodies & Human Bodies Cubelets Sort	1. Drive Bots
2. Investigate SENSE & ACT Cubelets	2. Lighthouse
3. Building 3- and 4-block Robots	3. Night Light
4. Modeling Robots	4. Acting Out Cubelets
5. Investigate Two SENSES	5. Inventing Animals
6. Investigate THINK Cubelets	6. Robot Races
7. Cubelets Storytelling, Part 1	7. Wheelie Bot
8. Cubelets Storytelling, Part 2	8. Bucking Bronco
9. Cubelets Challenges	9. Confused Robots 1 & 2
10 Activity Cards: Confused Cubelet Rotations	10. Blind Directions
11. Activity Cards: Can You Predict/Can You Build Rotations	11. Activity Cards: Can You Predict/Can You Build Rotations
12. Activity Cards: Draw N Trade	12. Activity Cards: Draw N Trade

Grades 6-8

Course 1: Default Cubelets Exploration	Course 2: Computer Science with Cubelets	Course 3: Design Thinking with Cubelets
1. Investigating Cubelets (Skip Articles/Readings)	1. Lighthouse Challenge (Add automated guidelines)	1. Introduce Cubelets
2. Routines/Lighthouse Design Challenge	2. Data Flow Diagram	2. Routines/Biology-Based Challenge
3. Investigate Two SENSES	3. Investigation: Loops	3. Design Robots Based on Animal Adaptations
4. Steering Robots	4. Paper Coding (Requires additional materials)	4. Design Diurnal vs. Nocturnal Robots
5. Maze Solving Robots	5. Maze Solving Robot	5. Design Steering Robots
6. Data Flow Diagrams	6. Confused Robots (Debugging)	6. Design Maze Solving Robots
7. Investigation: Variables and Block Value (Requires Bar Graph Cubelet OR Bluetooth Cubelet with Cubelets App on a device)	7. Escape Artist (page 12)	7. Design Robots to “find food”
8. Challenge: Line Follower Robot (Requires poster board and black tape)	8. Cubelets Communication Challenge	8. Design Robots to survive in “wooded” environments
9. Investigation: Loops	9. Automatic Night Light	9. Design Light-Seeking Robots
10. Challenge: Communication Bots	10. Data Flow Diagram	10. Design Robots that represent a famous character or event
11. Investigation: Does Order Matter?	11. Design Challenge: Light-Seeker Robot (page 17)	11. Design Challenge
12. Investigation: Min & Max Cubelets	12. Dancing Robots	12. Design Challenge
13. Activity Cards:Confused Cubelet Rotations	13. Activity Cards:Confused Cubelet Rotations	13. Activity Cards:Confused Cubelet Rotations
14. Activity Cards:Can You Predict/Can You Build Rotations	14. Activity Cards:Can You Predict/Can You Build Rotations	14. Activity Cards:Can You Predict/Can You Build Rotations
15. Activity Cards:Draw N Trade	15. Activity Cards:Draw N Trade	15. Activity Cards:Draw N Trade