Written to your state's standards
Standards alignment
Alignment with standards is one of the four things educators asked us for in our research. So True Robotics writes its lessons grade by grade, to the goals each state sets. In Paving the Way with Treads, every grade gets its own 25 lessons.
What your team reviews
Every teaching resource sits in the Curriculum Portal. This is what your team finds in it.
- A full curriculum map for each program, as a PDF and as a Word file
- A lesson plan for every day: objectives, vocabulary, activities, an entrance ticket, a reflection question and the answer keys
- A scope and sequence built with your teachers when your calendar is shorter than the unit
Standards by program
Paving the Way with Treads
| Standards area | What the lessons are written to |
|---|---|
| Your state's standards | Each grade gets its own 25 lessons, written directly to your state's standards for that grade, from kindergarten through grade 3. |
| Math | Days 8 to 15 are robotics for math. A second grade teacher working on place value has a lesson that uses the Treads Robot as the manipulative for that standard. |
| English language arts | Days 16 to 24 cover the ELA standards, so the robot fits a small group rotation, not an extra unit. |
Taking Off with Pilot
| Standards area | What the lessons are written to |
|---|---|
| Math and science | Math and science run through the Pilot unit itself: fractions and measuring with a ruler, speed and energy, and balanced and unbalanced forces, taught with the robot rather than beside it. |
Introduction to Robotics with Axle
| Standards area | What the lessons are written to |
|---|---|
| Math and science | Math and science run all the way through the Axle map. If your goal is raising math and science scores, we keep those lessons when we plan the year with you. |
Tell us your state and grades and we will map the lessons you are considering.
How the lessons are organized
How is the Treads curriculum organized, and how is it used?
Treads does not have to be taught as a unit from day 1 to day 25. Its lessons come in groups. Days 1 to 7 cover robotics and coding: what a robot is, where robots show up in everyday life, what coding means, what algorithms are and how to code. Days 8 to 15 use robotics for math, taught whenever those math concepts come up in the core classroom. Days 16 to 24 cover the ELA standards, and Day 25 is a Final Competition/Performance Day. That structure makes Treads a tool for math centers, ELA small groups, rotations, stations or targeted instruction, and it works especially well for students who struggle with sitting down and doing the workbook.
How does a Pilot unit flow?
Pilot is a unit that builds from day 1 to day 25. Students start with what robotics is, what the Pilot robot is, and why they are learning all this. Then they build the robot, which usually takes one to three class periods. After that, the robot becomes a tool for a lot of other learning: a math review such as fractions, because measuring with a ruler needs halves and fourths; programming challenges, including programming the robot's sensors; obstacle courses and races; and science reviews such as speed and energy, and balanced and unbalanced forces. It is a comprehensive STEM experience rather than just the technology piece.
Axle is a 45-day unit. What if we don't have time for all of it?
We work directly with your teachers on two questions. How many days can you actually give the unit? And what is the program's goal: a tool to raise math and science scores, or an engaging, hands-on introduction to robotics? From those conversations we recommend which of the 45 lessons matter most. The Axle map has a lot of math and science built in, so a school can keep most of those lessons to strengthen math and science learning, or skip some and move into more complex coding. The same help applies to Pilot: if you do not have 25 full days, we build a customized scope and sequence with your school.
Start with your standards
Send us your state and your grades. We come back with a scope and sequence and a price for your school.
