RoboClanIntroduction to Computational Thinking
Program Pip the robot with sequences, loops and debugging, then the same ideas in Python.
A free course for ages 12 to 15, with no Python needed to start. Program Pip, a robot on a mat measured in centimetres. Say where he will stop before you run anything, fix him when he lands in the river, and write down what done means before you code. Each unit ends with the same idea in Python. Ten lessons in four units.
- units
- 4
- lessons
- 10
About the course
Program Pip, a robot on a mat measured in centimetres. Say where he will stop before you run anything, fix him when he lands in the river, and write down what done means before you code. Each unit ends with the same idea in Python, and no Python is needed to start.
What you practise
- Exact sequences of commands
- Loops with repeat
- Breaking a problem into named parts
- Two robots that wait for each other
- Debugging with a four-step routine
- The same ideas in Python
What the course covers
Sequence
3 lessons- Meet Pip
- Draw a square
- Cross the river
Repeat
3 lessons- Say it once
- Every shape turns 360°
- The same loop in Python
Break it down
2 lessons- Teach Pip a word
- Two robots, one plan
Debug and specify
2 lessons- Bug hunt
- Write the check first