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LEGO WeDo : The science and engineering of robotics. Teacher: Ms. Andersen Assistant: Ms. Ferris Your name: ________________________________. Organization of your kit:. Day 1 . Sample Concept Map. Robot concept map (pre-assessment). Robots. Vocabulary Building. Robot.
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LEGO WeDo: Thescience and engineering ofrobotics Teacher: Ms. Andersen Assistant: Ms. Ferris Your name: ________________________________
Sample Concept Map Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009
Vocabulary Building Robot Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009
Vocabulary Building Robot Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009
What is a program? • A set of instructions that tell the robot what to do. • In this class we will use the Lego WeDo program and Scratch to make our programs.
Programs We will use the WeDo program language to program our robots. Here is an example of a program. What does this program tell the robot to do?
LOOP START Begin LOOP Run motor at ___ speed Turn motor this way Play sound 18 Wait for _____ Turn motor that way Play sound 19 Wait for _____ Play sound 7 Go back to beginning of LOOP
Open the WeDo Program • START • PROGRAMS
Go to the Activities in WeDo • Click on the at the top of the page to see the menu. • Click on the symbol at the top of the page. • Look for the word Activities • Select the Dancing Birds. • Follow the instructions to build and program the Dancing Birds.
Activities • See how changing the pulleys and band affects the motion of the birds. Fill out the table in your folder. • Create your own dance with different motion, sound effects and backgrounds.
To exit • Click on at the top right. • Click on to exit the program.