Students will use Sphero to explore the computer science concepts of variables and conditionals (ifstatements). They will use OrbBasic, which is a text-based programming language for the Sphero. They will write a simple program that rolls Sphero in a circle until it gets an error. Then they will fix the errorby adding an if/then statement. They will learn about if/then/else statements to light up Sphero under certain conditions. For the challenge, they will make the circle increase its radius each time it goes around a circle.

Concepts

stem

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Additional Tags

sprk: orbbasic lesson 2, stem education, sphero, sphero ball, circle, computer and software engineering projects: robotics curriculum

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)