Coding - Making Mazes

 I am back at school teaching after living in Fiji for the last 6 months!!  This term I am teaching Year 3.

Maze Coding

We are looking a mazes.  We discussed what a maze was and how we had to really use our brains to problem solve and think about how we were going to get to the finish.  After the class completed their own paper maze they created their own by either using squared paper or a lego base.  Once they had created their maze they then wrote a code to show how their maze could be completed.

They had to have a start and a finish and a clear path

They wrote the code on  a white board This is an example of different ability levels, some chose to use arrows and numerals.

This was the progression from paper maze to duplo, then written code.

This student was working at the level of still drawing lots of arrows instead of giving numerals.

Some students added lots of extras to their maze, such as health or booby traps.  Others had tasks to complete along the way.

Code Spark App

This is the progression lesson from the unplugged lesson on algorithms and using arrows to guide the Kid bots around the grid. 

We discussed what we did last time and looked at how we needed to use the directional arrows to guide the Detective to the donuts!

We had lots of fun using the touch screen TV as well.

Write an algorithm

Make an emoji bookmark 😁

Sequence, debugging, algorithm, decomposition

• Watch the video of how to make the bookmarks
• Record on paper the steps of instructions on how to make them- use sketches to help.  
• Choose your own design and make it.
• Test to see if it works  😃

Some students got creative and added bodies