English: Agree or Disagree?

Overview: Students will use their sensor to show if they agree or diagree on a topic related to a book. They can then partner with someone who has the opposite opinion and discuss. 

Age Range

• 9th-12th Grades

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to use computer science to program a sensor. 

• Students will be able to show and discuss their opinions with their peers. 

• Students will show their understanding of themes of a book. 

How to Connect Cricut Playground to Device

1. Go to https://makecode.adafruit.com/

2. Click on "New Projects"

3. Connect your Cricut Playground to your computer or other device. 

4. Click on the gear button in the top right corner and scroll down to click "pair device." 

5. Press the reset button on the Cricut Playground 

Your Cricut Playground should now be connected to your device. 

How to Program the Cricut Playground 

1. Click on the "Input" button to the left of the coding area. 

2. Drag the element "on Button A click" to the coding area.

3. Click on the "Light" button to the left of the coding area.

4. Drag the "show light" element to the center of the "on Button A click" element in the coding area.

5. Click on the "Input" button to the left of the coding area. 

6. Drag the element "on Button A click" to the coding area under the previous elements.

7. Click the "Button A" drop-down menu and choose "Button B" so it reads "on Button B click"

8. Click on the "Light" button to the left of the coding area.

9. Drag the "show light" element to the center of the "on Button B click" element in the coding area.

10. In the center of the picture of the Circut Playground on the "show light" element, click green. Then click every dot surrounding the colors so all of the dots turn green.

Now that you are done with the programming, download the program to the Circut Playground.

1. Press the reset button in the center of the Circut Playground.

2. Click the "download" button in the bottom left corner.