For Numeracy this week we have been looking at compass directions. We have worked on reading maps using the 8 main directions - North, South, East, West, North-East, South-East, North-West and South-West and then we moved onto using Beebots and our knowledge of compass directions to get a Beebot through the grid to various locations.
We had to programme the Beebot with our own algorithm, using forwards, backwards, turn right, turn left and N, S, E, W. It was important that we regularly tested our algorithm to check we didn’t need to de-bug (find a problem and fix it).
Here is an example of my algorithm: west 2 sqaures south 2 sqaures west 2 sqaures south 2 sqaures. north 2 sqaures east 3 sqaures south 1 sqaures east 1 sqaures west 2 sqaures north 2 sqaures west 1 sqaures.
Have you ever written an algorithm for something? Have you ever had to use a compass for something?
Kia ora Ajay,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great lesson on direction. How great to have Beebots to use to create algorithms to move around a grid.
I really enjoyed reading the process you have gone through, the parts you were learning about and what your algorithm was. How easy or difficult was it? I know that I have done some coding like this before and I had to do lots of debugging.
Thank you for sharing this amazing quality blog post.
:) Sharon - Te Ara Tūhura Education Programme Leader