Puzzle Races

Description

Use the Sphero Edu Jr app to create new instructions for indi to follow each color card and challenge a friend to figure out how to go from start to finish using instructions.

Objectives

• I can determine the new instructions for each color tile.

• I can work with my team to complete the puzzle as quickly as possible.

Details

Preparation

Plan to complete the Challenge step on a different day. You will need time to prepare a new configuration. Use the Sphero Edu Jr app to create a new color tile confirmation for indi. This configuration needs to change the movement instructions for each color tile. To simplify this for younger students, do not change the green and purple instructions. You must repeat this step for each individual indi robot.

Standards

CSTA

• 1A-AP-11: Decompose (break down) the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions.

• 1A-AP-12: Develop plans that describe a program's sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

• 1A-AP-14: Debug (identify and fix) errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.