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Learning Objective
Learning Objective
- Identify a solution to a maze
- Handle & use a wireless device appropriately, eg, laptop, tablet etc
- Recognise when an algorithm needs debugging
Starter Challenge
Starter Challenge
Recap on the language from previous lesson. Introduce the new language - right, left, clockwise.
Using Seesaw setup an activity using the maze image below. Click here for the Google Drawing images.
Students to log into Seesaw and navigate through the maze using the correct vocabulary.
- Forward
- Turn Left
- Turn Right
Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Left & Right
Clockwise & Anticlockwise
Debug
Resources
Resources
BeeBots
BeeBot Transparent Grids
Weblinks
Weblinks
Main teaching
Main teaching
Use the Beebots to navigate the maze using the Beebot grid. Each student attempts to move the Beebot around the maze, if they make a mistake the next person takes over, remembering the correct steps and then adding the next step. The rest of the team to record the correct instructions to navigate the maze using coding language.
Resources used: Beebots, Beebot mats
Challenge Questions
Challenge Questions
- Can you navigate the maze using forward, back, right and left?
- Can you debug the programme if it does not work?
- Can you record the instructions to navigate the maze?
Extension Challenges
Extension Challenges
- Can you navigate the maze using forward, back, clockwise and anti-clockwise?
- Can you debug the programme if it does not work?
- Can you record the instructions to navigate the maze?
Record your activity
- Using Seesaw on the iPad, take a video of what you are doing.
- Annotate the photo.
- Explain what you have done by using the record feature in Seesaw answering the challenge questions.
Cross-Curricular Links
Cross-Curricular Links
- English: Instructions
- Maths: Measurement, Geometry: Position & Direction
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