5th Robotics Challenges

Fifth grade is really moving when it comes to robotics!  We have started using the computer software to program and code our Mindstorms to incorporate the sensors and movements together.  After learning about the most basic and useful programming block in the common palette, we took our robots through a series of challenges.  As we were successful with each challenge, we moved onto the next.  The first challenge moved our robot 3 feet forward, right turn, move ahead then come to a complete stop.  Once we were exactly 3 feet forward, we moved to the next level and had to get our robot to make a sharp-right turn.  That increased our awareness of another choice:  movement by degrees.  After each challenge we discussed what was happening with our robot and how a slight change in the program would affect it.  Toward the end of class, we applied all that we had learned to create some of our own programs.  Fun learning day in robotics!