Sphero Indi Coding
- Kindergarten and 1st Grade -
The Challenge!
1) Drive Indi in a straight line!
2) Drive Indi in a square around a friend.
3) Drive Indi along a crooked pathway.
Challenge Constraints
1) Plan your ideas and use the color tiles to drive Indi.
2) The moment your plan doesn't work can be a failure point. Noticing where things go wrong is a good thing! How can you make an adjustment and give it another try?
Student Skills In Focus
Learning Goals
Students will:
Plan ahead to meet a challenge goal.
Find and utilize failure points positively.
Develop the foundations of coding through Indi.
Use the challenge to develop the Pillar Skills in focus.
Questions To Ask Students:
What patterns can you make to drive Indi in a line?
If Indi is moving in the right direction, problem solve! How can you change your plan to try again!
Essential Questions:
How does planning ahead make for better results?
How do failure points help people to solve problems?
NJ Student Learning Standards:
8.1.2.CS.1: Select and operate computing devices that perform a variety of tasks accurately and quickly based on user needs and preferences.
8.1.2.AP.3: Create programs with sequences and simple loops to accomplish tasks.
8.1.2.AP.4: Break down a task into a sequence of steps.
8.1.2.AP.5: Describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes