This page provides a full set of activity plans that can be used to connect STEAM and literacy. The activities were originally designed for and used at a preschool with 3- and 4-year-olds, but the activities could easily be adapted for elementary students. The activities are based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears by John Kurtz. The four activities integrate different areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics in the context of the Goldilocks story.
Integrated STEAM Activity Plans
Goldilocks visits the bears’ cottage
Students navigate “Goldilocks” through the three bears’ cottage. They begin by making a plan to program the robot to move through a certain path. Then, they test their program, revise it, and repeat until they are able to move Goldilocks to Baby bear’s bed.
Disciplines: Literacy, mathematics, computer science
To cite this website
Harper, F. K., Caudle, L., Quinn, M. (2021). Culturally relevant robotics: A family and teacher (CRRAFT) partnership for computational thinking for early childhood. Retrieved from: http://crraft.org.
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This work is being supported with funding from the National Science Foundation CSforAll (Award #2031394). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.
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