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Pool Cue
Your Task
Your Task
Cue loves to play pool! Design a pool table with 6 "pockets." If Cue were the pool ball, could you code him to make the shot?
What You Need:
What You Need:
- Cue
- Chromebook or iPad with Blockly installed.
- bulletin board paper
- drawing materials
- tape
- meter stick
- protractor
Worksheets:
Worksheets:
Reflection Sheet:
Reflection Sheet:
Directions:
Directions:
- Design a pool table with 6 "pockets" and place it on the floor. Note: you may prefer to tape it down so it doesn't move during your activity.
- Place Cue somewhere on the surface of your pool table.
- Measure the angles and distances needed to get Cue to each pocket on the table in the fewest number of steps. Remember: He won't always be starting from his current spot! Once he makes the first shot, he will start the second shot from where he last stopped!
- Code Cue to make each shot.
- Run the program. How did you do? Can you remove any steps to make the code shorter?
Extension: Add some additional "pool balls" as obstacles that cue must navigate around. Remember: each new direction for Cue to travel is another "shot." How many shots does it take to get Cue around the 8 ball and into the corner pocket?
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