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Recommended Grade: Primary
Recommended Grade: Primary
Curriculum Expectations (strand): Measurement
Curriculum Expectations (strand): Measurement
Learning Goal:
Learning Goal:
Students will learn to estimate, measure and record distances. They will also learn to use positional language to program and describe the route Dash takes.
Required Supplies:
Required Supplies:
- Dash
- iPad Mini with Blockly or Blocklify
- String or measuring tape/metre stick
- Whiteboard & Marker
Challenge
Challenge
Use Dash like a meter stick, moving at 100 cm intervals to prove the distance between two places.
Instructions or Directions:
Instructions or Directions:
- Make an estimate as to how far you think it is from your classroom door to the office (or another location in the school).
- Starting at your classroom door, program Dash to travel at 100 cm intervals to arrive there.
- Run the code, make a tally mark for each time he moves 100 cm until he arrives.
- Compare your estimate to how many meters Dash actually had to travel to arrive at his destination.
- Think of two other places that might be the same distance apart. Test your theory using Dash.
Reflection Questions:
Reflection Questions:
- What benchmarks did you use to help you estimate what the distance could be?
- What are two places that Dash could trave that would be about half the distance? How do you know?
- How did you feel about Math today?
- Were your estimates close? How can you make better estimates in the future?
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