St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just about wearing green and hunting for leprechauns—it’s the perfect chance to add a little extra STEAM magic to your classroom! Celebrate this festive day with hands-on activities that will engage your students in computer science and digital citizenship. From coding challenges to creative projects, here are some fun, St. Patrick’s Day-themed ideas to inspire learning.
Coding a Lucky Path with Ozobot
Transform your classroom or living room into a St. Patrick’s Day adventure by having students guide Ozobot through a path filled with shamrocks, rainbows, and leprechaun footprints. Using Ozobot Blockly or Color Codes, students can code their Ozobot to follow the green paths and solve puzzles that lead them to hidden pots of gold!
Materials Needed:
- Ozobot Evo
- Printed templates of rainbow paths, shamrocks, and treasure maps
- Ozobot Color Code Markers, paper, and scissors for creating colorful decorations
St. Patrick’s Day Storytelling with Ozobot
Combine creativity and coding by having students create their own St. Patrick’s Day stories using Ozobot. They can code their robot to move through different parts of the story, such as traveling to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, meeting a leprechaun, or solving riddles. Students will not only practice coding, but they’ll also enhance their storytelling skills and learn how to sequence events logically.
Materials Needed:
- Ozobot Evo
- Story templates or paper for writing their story
- Ozobot Color Code Markers to decorate their story
Leprechaun Gold Coin Count
Here’s a fun math activity that integrates Ozobot and STEM concepts. Have students code Ozobot to collect “gold coins” scattered around a table. Each coin could be assigned a value, and students will need to calculate how much gold Ozobot has collected after completing its journey.
Materials Needed:
- Ozobot Evo
- Paper or plastic “gold coins”
- Ozobot Color Code Markers or stickers for labeling the coins with values
Here are three St. Patrick’s Day STEAM lessons in Ozobot Classroom that you can try today!
Follow the Rainbow
In this St. Patrick’s Day STEAM lesson, students will use Ozobot Blockly to program Evo to follow the rainbow and find the pot of gold! Students will need to ensure Ozobot stays on the path, moves forward, and rotates to get to the prize.
Academic Standards: CSTA, ISTE
Grade Levels: K-2
Subjects: Engineering/Tech, SEL/Digital Citizenship
Who Can Find the Pot of Gold? (OzoBlockly)
Can your students break the code to find the pot of gold? In this St. Patrick’s Day STEAM lesson, they’ll use Ozobot Blockly and Ozobot’s line-following sensors to navigate the path and uncover the treasure!
Academic Standards: CSTA, ISTE
Grade Levels: 3-5
Subjects: Computer Science, Engineering/Tech
Who Can Find the Pot of Gold? (Color Codes)
This is a fun game that challenges your students to program Ozobot to find the pot of gold. Although this game was created for St. Patrick’s Day, it’s an activity that can be played all year round!
Academic Standards: CSTA, ISTE
Grade Levels: K-12
Subjects: Computer Science
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