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GAPS Maker Lab Explorations
  • Home
  • Makers Lab
    • Spheros
    • Electronics
    • 3-D Printing
    • Lego Robotics
    • Flight Tech
      • DB 1: VOR and ILS Approaches
      • DB 5: Aircraft Carrier Landings
    • Laser Cutter
    • Fabric Print & Embroidery
    • Drones
  • Career Explorations
    • Alternative Energy
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • CAD - Computer Aided Design
    • Computer Graphics & Animation
    • Digital Manufacturing
    • Digital Music
    • Electronics
    • Flight Technology
    • Forensic Science
    • Home Maintenance Fundamentals
    • Robotics
    • Sports Medicine
    • Structural Engineering
    • Veterinary Medicine
    • Virtual Architecture
  • Schools
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    • Home
    • Makers Lab
      • Spheros
      • Electronics
      • 3-D Printing
      • Lego Robotics
      • Flight Tech
        • DB 1: VOR and ILS Approaches
        • DB 5: Aircraft Carrier Landings
      • Laser Cutter
      • Fabric Print & Embroidery
      • Drones
    • Career Explorations
      • Alternative Energy
      • Biomedical Engineering
      • CAD - Computer Aided Design
      • Computer Graphics & Animation
      • Digital Manufacturing
      • Digital Music
      • Electronics
      • Flight Technology
      • Forensic Science
      • Home Maintenance Fundamentals
      • Robotics
      • Sports Medicine
      • Structural Engineering
      • Veterinary Medicine
      • Virtual Architecture
    • Schools

Spheros 

Activity Sheet

Daily Activities

Day 1

Why Code? - Code.org video 5:43

Introduction to Sphero Edu

Activity Code: 52597

Draw 1: Shapes 

Activity Code: 6872

  • Get into the Sphero App.

  • Aim your robot.

  • Control a robot by remote.

  • Draw a five point star with the Sphero. The Sphero should make a different color as it moves to each point.

Day 2

Bolt Blocks 1: Roll Block Squares

Activity Code: 1671

  • Program the BOLT to roll in a square.

  • Make the BOLT match the square on the floor.

Day 3

Bolt Blocks 2: Light and Sound Stories

Activity Code: 1672

  • Blocks 2: Story Planning Handout 

  • Create a 3 part story with synchronous and asynchronous elements.

Day 4

Bolt Blocks 3: Matrix Emotions

Activity Code: 2152

  • Create your own repeating 15 frame animation on BOLT’s LED matrix using the Matrix Animation Block.

  • Use loop blocks to make the animation repeat. 

Day 5

Bolt Blocks 4: On Collision, Event Pong

Activity Code: 6933

Create a Pong game where the Sphero makes a sound, changes color and then goes the opposite direction when it hits a “paddle.” 

Day 6

Bolt Blocks 5: If Then Animal Toss

Activity Code: 67347

Create a game to play with friends that uses if/then/else statements. 

Day 7

Bolt Blocks 6: Sensor Storytelling Sidekick

Activity Code: 67297

  • Use BOLT’s orientation sensor to tell a story when moved in pitch, roll, and yaw.

  • Blocks 6: Story Planning WS

Day 8

Bolt Blocks 7: Flashlight Function Tug-o-war - need 2 flashlights.

Activity Code: 67305

Use BOLT’s light sensor to make a flashlight tug-of-war game while using a function with at least one parameter. 

Day 9

Bolt Blocks 8: Hot BOLTatoes and Variables 

 Activity Code: 67308

  • After writing pseudocode, code a hot potato game.

Use variables, conditionals, loops, random within bounds, and data types. 

Day 10

Career Planning - select and research two related careers. 

Career Research and Planning WS (green) 

Links

edu.sphero.com

Sphero App: edu.sphero.com/d 

https://edu.sphero.com/cwists/category 

https://edu.sphero.com/gettingstarted 

Sphero Edu Youtube Channel

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