STEP ONE: Play – Watch the Getting Started Videos

• Getting started:
  
• Video Tutorial … Can you do better? Can you decompose and create a shorter video lessons?
  

STEP TWO – Understand WHY and HOW commands work:

• Do you know why 132 and 60 are used to draw the star?
• Can you draw a line?
• Can you draw a rectangle?

STEP THREE – Create a Goal – WHAT do you want to do? Ideas:

• Program to draw out patterns and shapes, e.g. pentagon, hexagon, etc.
• Create a piece of art only using lines.
• Create a design only using squares.
• Design an obstacle course for Pro-Bot, including tunnels to activate Pro-Bot’s headlights. – Watch how to Use lights and sensors.
• Program Pro-Bot to move between two locations on a town plan, a country map or even a treasure trail!
• Use with K’NEX to enhance, personalize and adapt the car design to carry objects, convert to a tank, create a space ship, etc.

RESOURCES:

• TTS Directions with Computing UK standards (National Curriculum for Computing is similar ISTE/ CSTA CS/CT Standards.)
  • Key Stage 1:
  • • Understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions.
    • Create and debug simple programs.
  • Key Stage 2
    • Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.
    • Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with  various forms of input and output.
    • Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.