Bee-ing smart

Student tracks the progress of his bee robot

Kindergarteners in Dawn Abrams’ class New Scotland Elementary School spent Wednesday morning coding – using their addition and number recognition smarts to program robots shaped like bees.

Math Instructional Coach Kim McDonough and district Technology Coaches Sooyun McCoy and Kevin Marcinko guided the students as they enthusiastically rolled dice and determined how to make their robots move.

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