Teaching the Notion of Speed in Kindergarten Using the Sphero SPRK Robot
Michalis Ioannou, Tharrenos Bratitsis · 2017
Educational research in Kindergarten is gradually gaining more attention. Children who attend quality care and education programs in their early years are benefited in their future life. Also, Kindergarten lately attracts the attention of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) approaches and seems that such activities can be implemented easily in this level of education with important positive results in children's life. In this paper the results of a teaching intervention for approaching the notion of speed in Kindergarten, utilizing the Sphero robot, are presented, indicating the feasibility of designing robotic-enhanced activities for fostering STEM education in Kindergarten.