While we wait for everyone to arrive, let's go to the cafeteria

for the Dance Party!

1. Let's Build a Robot

.....You can add touch sensor, light sensor, and the gripper.

2. How can we make it move?

• Video 1 - how to program the robot to go forward
• 
• Video 2 - How to program the robot to turn.
• Video of a point (spin) turn
• Video of a pivot (swing) turn
• 

  Your robot is a hungry panther.

  Program it to start from its resting spot under a tree, and to move forward until it moves over
  the wild turkey, and stops. This means it is eating the turkey.

  Sadly, the panther is still hungry, so must go on moving forward to find more food.

  It should stop before it reaches the poisonous mushroom, , turn away,
  and find a wild boar to eat

• Try this with different speeds, and you can add a loop, if you like.
• See that different turns take up different spaces.
• Try the Blue Maze

3. Make and Eat a Robot Snack

You will make a robot from a Rice Krispies Treat Body, with a Marshmallow head,
either pretzel arms and legs or cookie wheels, and a face or control buttons
made of mini M&Ms. You will stick this all together with icing.

Once you have eaten this, and cleaned up, you will learn the Programming Song.

4. Race time!

Program the robot to go as fast as you can on the race track.

Try different-sized wheels to see what a difference it makes.

5. How does the robot see the world?

Look at the robot sensors - touch, light, sound and obstacle detector.

Program the robot to move until the touch sensor is pressed then stop.

Use a loop to make it continuous.

Learn to stop at a black line.

Learn to follow a line.

5. Program the grabber to grab things and bring them home.

You'll might use this for the challenges.

5. Now you are ready to work on the Mars Challenges: