Looking for fun, engaging ways to bring coding into your classroom? We’ve got you covered! Ozobot Blockly is a powerful tool that makes coding approachable for students of all ages and skill levels. Whether you’re working with beginners learning the basics of sequencing or have advanced coders tackling logic, loops, and variables, you’ll find something to motivate and challenge every learner.
In this blog post, we’ve rounded up the best Ozobot Blockly activities to inspire creativity, encourage problem-solving, and ignite a passion for STEM in K-8 students. These lessons are designed to be hands-on, interactive, and adaptable for different age groups and coding abilities. Try one tomorrow in your classroom to captivate your students and spark their imaginations.
- Get ready to level up your coding in the classroom with Challenge Mats! Perfect for grades 4–8, these immersive mats bring themed adventures to life—dive into the deep ocean, score big in basketball or soccer, or blast off to explore Mars. Through block-based programming, students will tackle advanced coding concepts like conditional logic, variables, functions, and even infrared communication. With Challenge Mats, coding is not just a skill—it’s an adventure!
- For beginner coders in grades K-3, the Healthy Habits lesson is packed with learning opportunities. While exploring important topics like spending time in nature and helping with family chores, students will reflect on the healthy habits they want to bring into their lives and which ones they have already mastered. Students will assemble robotic arms and program with sequencing and precise movement control, building both their computational thinking and fine motor skills. This interactive lesson combines health education with problem-solving and creativity, making it an engaging and memorable experience for young learners.
- LeapBot’s Adventure is the ideal Blockly activity for grades 3-5, blending key coding concepts with an engaging, game-like experience that sparks students’ creativity. This lesson serves as an entry point to more advanced coding concepts such as conditional logic. Students will guide LeapBot across a pond by leveraging Ozobot’s color sensor and line-following sensors to ensure LeapBot stays on course. They will then practice iterating their code, a crucial coding skill to ensure the program runs smoothly. Turn your students into Ozobot experts, by teaching them how the hardware and software work together to seamlessly perform a desired task.
- The Infrared Secrets lesson series is a challenging Blockly activity designed for 6-8th grade students ready to take their coding skills to the next level. In this activity, students explore infrared communication by programming multiple Ozobots to transmit and receive secret messages using its IR emitters. They’ll dive deeper by modifying their code to include a randomized variable, simulating how messages can be altered or passed incorrectly—just like real-life secrets!
Ready to get your class coding with Ozobot Blockly? If you don’t already have bots, we recommend the Evo Classroom Kit and heading over to Ozobot Blockly to start practicing with your own programs!
