Teaching elementary students STEM concepts through robotics
A robotics class at Bramlett Elementary aims to teach fourth and fifth graders how to code and build a functional robot while learning about history, math, and science.
The curriculum for the course was developed by a team of University of Georgia researchers, led by College of Education professor Ike Choi. Choi, along with professors in the Department of Career and Information Studies John Mativo, Roger Hill, and Theodore Kopcha, brainstormed ways to incorporate robotics and programming lessons into the elementary school curriculum.
“The most important thing when we disseminated the curriculum was that it was designed in a way that was flexible enough to customize the content… Robotics is one of the most important industries for the future,” Choi said.