Sphero and the chocolate factory
This activity allows students to use the visual programming software Lightning Lab to control Sphero to act out the role of a fictional character. This activity uses Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl as an example. This lesson idea was created by Steven Payne.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 3-4 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Specification (decomposing problems), Implementation (programming), Computational thinking |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI4P01
Define problems with given design criteria and by co-creating user stories
AC9TDI4P02
Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Robotics and drones |
| Keywords | Sphero, Programming, Robots, Directional language, CSER, Computer Science Education Research Group, Steven Payne |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | English |
| Organisation | CSER |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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