Dash Challenge 5

Bowling

Your Task

Let's go bowling! Can you program Dash to knock down all the pins in one fell swoop?

What You Need:

  • Dash

  • iPad with Blockly installed or a Chromebook and the Blockly website

  • Painters Tape or Masking Tape

  • Toy bowling pins, empty water bottles, or stackable plastic cups

Optional: Bulldozer accessory

Worksheets:

Directions:

  1. Use tape to mark a starting line.

  2. Set up your pins, bottles, or cups in triangular pattern several feet away from the starting line. Mark where each one goes with a small piece of tape.

  3. Determine how you will score each run. How many points will each pin be worth?

  4. Design a program that will have Dash knock down all of the pins/cups.

  5. Run your program multiple times and keep score.

  6. Reflect on your program using one of the reflection options.