Summer Robotics 3 Wrap Up

This week we pushed EdBlocks to the max and learned to code some amazing activities with Edison in Robotics 3. Today we started off with music.  After a lesson about the length of different notes (whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes) and how to select a different note from the staff I sent the kids off to code Hot Cross Buns, Happy Birthday, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  With this set of songs kids were able to be challenged with the code at the appropriate level for themselves. 

Everyone was thrilled when they coded their robot with a new song.  I have what feels like hours of robotic sounding tunes in my phone videos now. :). 

 After coding the music we learned how to make Edison perform like a real performer on a stage.  We talked about how at a theater they turn off the lights for the audience, open the curtains, then turn on a spotlight.  The kids then programmed Edison with a wait block so he would perform when the spotlight turned on.

 We used our knowledge about Edison's light sensor to play the Cockroach Game.  Each child programmed their Edison to avoid the light. We put 3-4 Edisons in a circle and gave everyone a flashlight.  The goal was to get the other Edison bots to go out of the circle and the last one in the circle was the winner. 

 After playing for a bit we introduced the motor speed block and made predictions about if we set the speed to slow or fast which would help Edison win the game.  We adjusted our code however each child saw fit and played again.  

At the end of the day we had a dance party where the teacher robot sent out a signal or message to all the other robots that told them to start dancing.  This required students to program Edison to wait until the signal was received and then dance however each student decided was best.  We had a complete blast exploring these different programming abilities with Edison.  Thanks for spending part of your summer with me!  I look forward to one more amazing week of Robotics Summer camp - next week we're adding Lego type bricks to Edison and creating some amazing robotic builds. There is one spot left for next week if you haven't signed up yet, just let me know!