Exploring with KIBO leverages KinderLab’s extension sets to provide variety, engagement, and excitement for students as they work with KIBO for three additional years. The expanded curriculum enhances the KIBO STEAM Explorer Classroom package by incorporating advanced programming capabilities through the Building Brick Extension Set, Marker Extension Set, Free Throw Extension Set, and the Advanced Coding Extension Set.
“We are proud to now offer more than 200 hours of curriculum to our customers. Paired with our existing award-winning pre-K–2 curriculum, Exploring with KIBO delivers a seamless progression from foundational skills to complex concepts,” said Jason Innes, KinderLab’s director of curriculum, training, and product management.“Although KIBO was originally designed to meet the developmental needs of pre-K–2 students, we’ve heard over and over again from many upper elementary teachers that older kids benefit from KIBO as well. We created Exploring with KIBO to support those teachers and students. Broadening our curriculum also allows a wider range of students to benefit from their school’s investment in KIBO, while educators have the comfort of working with a familiar robot.”
Sample lessons offered in the new curriculum include:
- Historical Journeys, a 3rd-grade lesson aligned with social studies: Students draw a floor map and then program KIBO to participate in historical events and use KIBO’s Marker Extension Set to trace a journey on the map.
- Mark and Measure, a 4th-grade lesson aligned with NGSS standards related to speed calculation and energy transfer: Using KIBO’s Free Throw Extension Set, students program KIBO to throw a ping pong ball and then measure both distance and time to calculate the ground speed of the ball.
- KIBO Race Course, a 5th-grade lesson aligned with Common Core math standards on representing data: Using the Advanced Coding Extension Set, students record the behavior of their KIBOs and analyze data to explore the concept of random numbers.
Exploring with KIBO is available for pre-order on the KinderLab webstore for shipment in February 2025. Educators will have the chance to preview the new curriculum in person at the 2025 Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) Conference, taking place January 14-17, 2025. Demonstrations at Booth #942 will highlight how KIBO grows with upper elementary students, supporting cross-curricular learning from mathematical problem-solving to scientific investigations and literacy connections.
For more information about KIBO’s expanded curriculum for grades 3–5, visit KinderLab’s Exploring with KIBO page.
Find KinderLab at FETC at Booth #942.
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