This afternoon the Robotics 2 camp finished up with a dance a party. Literally.
Ha! That makes me laugh because my 9 year old uses "literally" ALL. THE. TIME. and incorrectly, of course. Anyway, we jumped right into our challenge of using all 4 maneuvers we've already learned within one map: drive forward, turn, follow a line, and stop at a black line. I shared one map from Wednesday that was the closest I've seen yet for this assignment and with a little bit of talking through why it wouldn't work quite right we had all three teams successfully complete the challenge. They were the first teams ever to complete this challenge (since I've been teaching it) and they all got there! I LOVE how everyone worked together to help troubleshoot maps and programs. It was also interesting how they all coded the program different even though their maps were very similar.
Then we got to the business of dancing - well, making Edison dance. This is where Robotics 2 takes a turn for the more creative side of coding. Instead of following a preset code students were encouraged to create their own code to dance Edison around the floor. One group of students even made a production of three Edison bots on a stage (previously made in Makerspace). All set to the song "Everything is Awesome" from the LEGO movie.
This class was amazing to work with this week. I learned a bunch of new things from them and I know they learned a bunch this week as well! Have a fantastic time playing with your Edison robots and hopefully I'll see you again this summer!
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