7 Robotics and Coding

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  Welcome to Year 7 Robotics Course page!

  In the first half of the term, we will learn how to code on Scratch. Then we will learn how to programme an Edison Robot. 
  Your teacher will be either Mr Taha or Mrs Gao. We will work alongside you to support you. 
  

  We will have lots of fun! 
  

  
  Mr Taha & Mrs Gao
  

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• Select week 31 January - 6 February

  31 January - 6 February
• Select week Week 11, Term 1

  Week 11, Term 1

  
  

  Kia ora and welcome to Week 11 of Term 1. This is our last week together.

  We are continuing to code our Edisons and make them trace around various tracks. Make sure you show your teacher once your Edison has made it around a track so she can tick you off as it is part of the assessment.

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  • use Edscratchapp.com to code my Edison to go around a track

  
  
• Select week 1 August - 7 August

  1 August - 7 August

  
  

  Learning Intentions: 

  We are exploring all the various elements in Scratch and computing fundamentals 

  Success Criteria :  I will be able to

  • Use a range of blocks on Scratch 

  • Use loops, repetitions and conditions in my project 

  • Explain computing fundamentals 

  
  

  Activities 

  
  1. Make a Clicker game and a Catch game. 
  
  2. Computing fundamentals slideshow.
  
  3. Blooket game.
  

  
  
  
• Select week 3 October - 9 October

  3 October - 9 October
• Select week 10 October - 16 October

  10 October - 16 October
• Select week 17 October - 23 October

  17 October - 23 October

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  Success Criteria :  I will be able to

  
  

  • Join Scratch by creating an account on Scratch 

  • Browse the tutorials on Scratch 

  • Create a simple project with at least two sprites and one background 

  
  

  Welcome to Y7 Robotics. 

  
  

  Activities 

  1. Enter this website: scratch.mit.edu 

  2. Join Scratch using your school mail.

  3. Watch a Tutorial entitled “Getting Started”.

  4. Create your first project on Scratch.

  5. Join your Robotics Google Classroom using the classcode  uitiyyn  or the link  https://classroom.google.com/c/NTU3NDAzODk4NTcx?cjc=uitiyyn

  6. Complete your tasks on your  Robotics Google Classroom. 

  

  
  
• Select week 24 October - 30 October

  24 October - 30 October

  
  

  Learning Intentions: 

  We are exploring all the various elements in Scratch and computing fundamentals 

  Success Criteria :  I will be able to

  • Use a range of blocks on Scratch 

  • Use loops, repetitions and conditions in my project 

  • Explain computing fundamentals 

  
  

  Activities 

  
  1. Make a Clicker game and a Catch game. 
  
  
  2. Computing fundamentals slideshow.
  
  
• Select week 31 October - 6 November

  31 October - 6 November

  
  
  

  
  

  Learning Intentions: 

  
  

  We are exploring the various elements in Scratch and using more advanced coding techniques

  Success criteria

  We are able to 

  • use sequencing to move a sprite character around the screen.

  • Use pen instructions to draw

  • create a program in Scratch that includes a nested loop.

  Activities

  1. Google Classroom. 

  
  

  2. Tasks on Education Perfect ( Introduction to Coding & Nested Loops)

  
  
• Select week 14 November - 20 November

  14 November - 20 November

  
  

  PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

  • We are designing a learning game so that we can meet the learning needs of our stakeholders.

  Success criteria

  We are able to

  • Create a learning game in Scratch using complex features of Scratch 

  • Create and share resources within the Scratch community 

  Activities 

  Make our own games in Scratch using the features we have learned so far.  Use the attached checklist as a reference. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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    Checklist for self assessment File
• Select week 21 November - 27 November

  21 November - 27 November

  
  

  Kia ora students and welcome to Week 6 of Term 3.
  This week we will be learning how to use the Edison Robot.
  
  

  Learning Intentions  

  We are getting to know the Edison Robot.

  Success Criteria

  
  

  • I can name all the parts of an Edison Robot 

  • I can correctly connect an Edison Robot with a computer 

  • I can follow instructions and operate an Edison Robot

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Select week 28 November - 4 December

  28 November - 4 December

  
  

  Learning Intentions  

  We are learning how to programme an Edison Robot

  Success Criteria

  • I can launch EdScratch 

  • I can select simple blocks to make an Edison Robot move

  • I can download  a programme from my computer to Edison and run the programme  

  
  

  Activities 

  1. Go to this link https://www.edscratchapp.com/ to lauch EdScratch 

  2. Drag appropriate blocks (blue noving blocks)  from the Blocks Pallet  to the programming area 

  3. Download your programme to Edison, following the steps below

  
  

  
  

  
  

  4. Run your programme by pressing the triangle "Play" button. 

  
  
  
• Select week 5 December - 11 December

  5 December - 11 December

  
  
  

  
  

  Learning Intentions  

  We are learning to use a programming language to maneuver an Edison robot.

  Success Criteria:   I will be able to 

  • Select appropriate blocks on EdScratch to maneuver an Edison robot 

  • Programme an Edison robot so that it can go through a maze

  • Use a range of blocks so that an Edison Robot performs different tasks

  
  

  Activities 

  1. Go to www.edscratchapp.com to launch EdScratch. 

  2. Programme your Edison so it can go through the maze. 

  3. Programme your Edison so that it can sing, dance and blink!

  
  
• Select week 12 December - 18 December

  12 December - 18 December
• Select week 19 December - 25 December

  19 December - 25 December