WALT – We Are Learning To…

use directional language and programming controls.

WILF – What I‘m Looking For…

• programming a Bee-Bot to move about to reach given goals.
• writing programs for Bee-bots.

Giving Instructions

Computers need exact instructions, in the right order.

Ruby is a small girl with a huge imagination. Ruby knows how to give exact instructions.

Meet Ruby and her friends and read pp.7-11 of Hello Ruby by Linda Liukas. Follow with Exercise 1: Sequence [p.71] – Giving Instructions.

[Sequencing Resources]

Bee-Bots

How to use a Bee-Bot

Buttons program a Bee-Bot to:

• Move forwards and backwards among a line.
• The more button presses the further the Bee-Bot moves.
• It turns on the spot. It does not move sideways.
• Pause lets the Bee-Bot rest.
• The Clear button is important. It tells the Bee-Bot to listen to new instructions. Press Clear when you need to change a command.
• Put in the program and press GO.

Writing a Program

1. First look at the goal for the Bee-Bot. Where does it have to go?
2. Work out the pathway and write it on paper as you go. Use this code to write the program.
   

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3. Program it all into the Bee-Bot before pressing GO.
4. Edit your program and rewrite it if necessary.

Daisy the Dinosaur