Description

Students will work independently or with a partner to research and create a timeline depicting a famous person's life. They will program their robots to travel along the timeline, clearly stating important facts relating to their person's life.

Objectives

• Collaboratively program Dash to tell about a person's life
• Clearly record important facts about their person's life.
• Illustrate their timeline and create an optional costume for Dash to become their person
• Program Dash to tell the story of their person's life using movement, sound, and lights

Lesson Procedure

Class 1: Research (60 minutes)

Class 2: Intro to Dash (60 minutes)


Class 3: Create a timeline (60 minutes)


Class 4: Programming (60 minutes)


Class 5: Sharing & Extensions

Curriculum Connections Summary

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