Summer Robotics 2 kicked off today with a bang! Robotics 2 is an introduction to coding and is REALLY content heavy on day one. Pat your kids on the back because they made it through a lesson on coding and a lesson on decimals BEFORE they got to play with their actual robots. We reviewed the parts of a machine that make it a robot (computer, actuator, sensor) and shared our own robot brainstorms. Then we headed into physical coding. I introduce coding like baking a cake - you follow the recipe in order to make something yummy.
Using our large floor mats kids split into two teams and made a pathway for their friends to follow. They worked together to "write the code" with the code cards to help their friends get safely to the end.
Then we were able to practice the process of downloading code to Edison. Once the code is written:
1. Make sure Edison is turned on
2. Plug Edison into the computer
3. Click the circle button on Edison ONE time
4. Click "Program Edison" on the computer
5. Click the pop up "Program Edison"
6. Listen for the correct sound that says it's uploaded
7. Unplug Edison
8. Set Edison down and press Play
Though we only played with programming Edison to drive forward for a variety of time and turn for differing lengths of time we surely had fun doing it. The kids got a kick out of making Edison turn "forever" and "accidentally" driving him off the edge. Our next two sessions will be chalk full of different code arrangements to teach Edison to do a variety of tricks. I look forward to your children's creativity in the next couple of sessions!
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