Mission To Mars
Pupils will work in pairs, one class at a time, to program robots using BBCmicrobits, a computer and inventblocks engineer kit.
Curriculum Topics: Computing, D&T and Mathematics.
Years 4-6
How the day works?
This activity is for students in Years 3-8 with differentiated topics. Student will work in pairs, one class at a time, to code a BBC microbit to control Invent Engineer robot vehicles with an iPad.
Students will:
- Code the vehicle to go forward, reverse and turn using Blocks “drag and drop” software to create a working model;
- Code the LED screen to display images and messages;
- Code the vehicle to use sensors to detect obstructions and alter course;
- Code the vehicle to complete a course.
In addition transferable skills used by students on the day are:
- Working positively on new challenges;
- Generating ideas to improve something;
- Exploring problems by investigating the pros and cons of different solutions;
- Contributing to group decision making;
- Keep trying when something goes wrong and encourage others to keep trying too.
