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Grades 4–8. Experience an out-of-this-world odyssey with Cosmic Coders where robots, space exploration, and coding converge! Young adventurers explore the mysteries of the cosmos and collaborate with fellow crew members to create an interplanetary city, while mastering the art of coding with the mBot2 Neo robot. Brace yourself for an intergalactic voyage that's as fun as it is educational. Comes complete with curriculum and materials for 30 students.

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Cosmic Coders: Explore the Universe—One Code at a Time
Grades 4–8. Experience an out-of-this-world odyssey with Cosmic Coders where robots, space exploration, and coding converge! Join our cosmic crew as learners embark on a thrilling journey through the wonders of outer space.

Young adventurers explore the mysteries of the cosmos and collaborate with fellow crew members to create an interplanetary city, while mastering the art of coding with the mBot2 Neo robot. Brace yourself for an intergalactic voyage that's as fun as it is educational, where creativity and engineering design soar to infinity and beyond!

Product Features

• Complete program includes materials and curriculum
• Designed for up to 30 students
• Includes 12 one-hour activities
• Refill kit available (item #315593R)

Curriculum Topics:
1. Journey to the Worlds Beyond
2. Meet the Cosmic Coders and Astrobot
3. Astrobot Training
4. Journey to a New Home
5. Avoiding Obstacles
6. Hidden Hazards
7. Distress Call Simulation
8. Code for the Crew's Happiness
9. Protect the City
10. Astrobot Rescue Mission

Each Activity Includes:

• Schedule
• Opening and closing discussion
• Topic background and vocabulary
• Step-by-step activity instructions
• Optional extension activities

Recommended Settings:

• Summer camps
• Classrooms
• Out-of-school time programs
• Career and technical education (CTE)

Tech Requirements:

• 6 Chromebook® computers, Windows® computers, or Macintosh® computers (1 per robot)

Professional Development:

• Includes a free 1/2-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $500+
• Includes a free 1-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $1,000+
• Additional training available for purchase by special request

21st-Century Skills:
Helps students develop a set of widely applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

• Communication and collaboration
• Creativity and innovation
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Information, media, and technology literacy
• Initiative and self-direction
• Leadership and responsibility
• Productivity and accountability
• Social and cross-cultural skills

Standards Alignments:
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

• CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.5: Generate and analyze patterns. Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself.
• CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.1: Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
• CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2: Use the 4 operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B8: Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B7: Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q, and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 4–6 topics and texts, building on others' ideas, and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.5/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.5/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

Next Generation Science Standards*

• 3-5-ETS1-2: Engineering Design

International Society for Technology in Education Standards

• 1.1d Technology Operations: Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations; demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies; and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.