Dash & Dot: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Gr. 1-6)

Description

We all react to events that happen around us, be it cheering when the school team wins, crying at a sad movie, or dancing when we hear music. In this lesson, students will learn how to teach Dash and Dot to respond to events that happen around them!

Objective

  • Learn the process by which living creatures sense, process, and react to information
  • Connect the sensors on robots to human senses
  • Connect computer programs to the way the brain handles information, and learn that those programs are called "event handlers."
  • Write a short story involving a descriptive flow of events
  • Write a Blocky program involving events and event handling

Lesson Procedure

  • Class 1: Senses and sensors (30 minutes)
  • Class 2: Event Handing with dash and dot (30 - 40 minutes)
  • Class 3: Class Presentations (20 - 30 minutes)

Curriculum Connections Summary

  • Ontario - Mathematics - Algebra (Coding), Language & Science
  • Quebec - Science
  • New Brunswick - Science
  • Nova Scotia - Language & ICT
  • Alberta - Science & ICT
  • British Columbia - Science, Language & ADST
  • Manitoba - Science
  • Prince Edward Island - Science & Language
  • Saskatchewan - Science & Language
  • Newfoundland & Labrador - Science & Language
  • Yukon Territories - Follow's B.C.'s Curriculum
  • Northwest Territories - Follows Alberta's Curriculum
  • Nunavut - Follows Alberta's Curriculum


 

Robots and Accessories






Other Supplies

  • Senses and Events Presentation
  • Computer an with an projector for presentation
  • Boxes of senses (complied from classroom objects)
  • Brain Event Handling Sheet
  • Tablets - (See Compatible Devices)

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Dash & Dot
Dash & Dot

Open their eyes to how the world works, coding ideas into adventures.