The STEM Robot Mouse Coding Activity Set is the perfect way to introduce children as young as five to important STEM concepts like coding, critical thinking, and more.
With Colby, the Programmable Robot Mouse, kids will have hours of fun while they learn to build their own mazes, and then program the mouse to get the cheese. This deluxe set includes maze grids, maze walls, tunnels, a robot mouse, and materials to help guide the play. It’s a fun, easy, and affordable way to add an hour of code, or more, into your home or classroom.
Use the provided activity cards to re-create the featured maze. Or, try building your own maze! The possibilities are unlimited since Colby can be programmed up to 40 steps and features 2 speeds— perfect for the tabletop or floor. Kids can take turns to race each other to see who can reach the cheese first, or work together to solve the maze as a team.
What’s so important about coding?
Coding literally means the transformation of data into a form understandable by a computer – basically, telling the computer what you want it to do. Coding also factors into some everyday tasks that people perform without a second thought: for instance, programming a microwave to heat yesterday’s leftovers, or entering numbers into a calculator in a specific order. Coding today may not always look like the routine programming of the past. It can be active, visual, engaging, and most importantly, fun!
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