Dash's Driving School (Gr. 3-5)

Description

In this first puzzle, your students will learn how to program Dash over a series of 12-driving lesson challenges.

Objectives

• Start - students will recognize the Start button in the right-hand corner of the screen as the way to start a program.
• When Start - students will learn how to use a When Start block to begin a program.
• Sound - students will learn how to use pre-programmed Sounds, i.e., car engine and Say Hi, in a program.
• Drive - students will learn how to use command blocks in drive that move Dash?s two wheels forward and backward. students will learn how to program Dash to move forward and backward. students will learn how to program left and right turns.
• Look - students will recognize the different ways they can program Dash?s head to move i.e., up, down, forward, left and right. students will learn how to edit Dash?s head movement.
• Light - students will learn to edit the All Lights block to control Dash?s ears and chest color. students will learn to edit the Eye Pattern block, the 12 LED eye lights.

Lesson Procedure

By the end of this puzzle, students will understand that a program is an algorithm composed of a series of procedures. Using drag and drop blocks, students will learn how to program Dash to move forward and backward, turn left and right, look left, look right, look forward. The challenges require students to add, connect and delete blocks from a program. Students will be introduced to pre-programmed sounds, i.e., car engine sound and say Hi, colored lights, as well as, editing eye pattern blocks to simulate an expression, i.e., a smile. By the end of this puzzle, your students should feel confident to take Dash out for a spin around the Wonder Workshop neighborhood or, at the very least, the hallways of your school.