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Targeted audience: Elementary cycle 2, cycle 3
Material: Tablet, a Dash robot per team, one of these apps installed on a tablet: Wonder, Path, Blockly
OR
Computer: access this website.
Do not pick up Dash from its head.
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
Pair up.
Make sure you have a lot of space on the floor.
Get a Dash robot.
Open the Blockly app.
Create a profile.
Tips
Tips
Make sure students are using the same iPad when using the Blockly app. This video explains how to create profiles.
Challenge 1
Challenge 1
Turn on Dash from the button on its side.
Click on Puzzles
Choose Dash
Complete the first puzzle (12 steps) called Driving School
Observe its actions.
Challenge 2: Represent the main events of a story using Dash
Challenge 2: Represent the main events of a story using Dash
Go back to the main menu and select Create New.
Create a Blank project
Read the story The Little Red Riding Hood.
Use the story map to identify the main events of the story.
Use the images to create a path to represent the events.
Program Dash according to these criteria, it needs:
to follow the path;
to display two emotions;
to move its head at least once;
to transmit an audio message (record your voice).
Present your coding project to the workshop leader or film your production as you retell the story.
Challenge 3 options
Challenge 3 options
Continue the puzzles to continue exploring other functions of Dash.
Give challenges to your partner.
Explore the other projects using the Create New menu.
More Resources
More Resources
Retell a story using Dash (a video from grade 1 ELA students)
Ideas For the ESL Classroom
Ideas For the ESL Classroom
Students program their Dash to go from point A to B and race with peers to arrive first.
Use a map with the alphabet. Student program Dash to spell words and others guess what it is.
A student listens to instructions of his partner and codes Dash to move accordingly.
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