Super Sorting Workshop
Get coding and learn a KLA by sorting different things and objects into boxes using programmable robots!
Overview
The children are required to team up and undertake a sorting competition against other teams. They first need to correctly sort pictures of selected things/objects: e.g. healthy and non-healthy food, recycled and non-recycled objects, odd and even numbers, multiples of specific numbers, words that contain specific letters, words/sentences that comply with specific grammar rules, etc.
After sorting, the young learners take turns to code their robot to carry and sort the pictures into the appropriate boxes on a floor mat with obstacles; the children face different obstacle challenges after each go.
Highlights
- Improves and supports the chosen KLA knowledge and skills.
- Develops problem solving skills when planning robot routes.
- Develops logical thinking skills when coding and sorting.
- Generates excitement and a sense of achievement when sorting and delivering into boxes.
- Visualises coding by watching real robots execute coded instructions.
- Encourages teamwork and cooperation.
Basic information
- Year levels: K–6
- Time required per session: ~50 minutes
- Ideal group size per session: 20 people
- Maximum group size per session: 30 people
- Learning areas addressed: ICT and English, Maths, Science/Technology, PDHPE or HSIE
- Customisable: Yes
If you wish to customise this workshop, you need to suggest at least 10 words and/or sentences per year level.
What’s included?
- Tablets, robots and all the required equipment are brought to your school for this workshop
- Full compliance verification and documentation
Requirements
- A large indoor space with power available
- No food or drink permitted in workshops
- A completed “Customisation Request” form (optional)
Learning Outcomes
| Students learn: | ICT Australian Curriculum Mapping |
- How to use a tablet and a coding application to instruct a robot to perform a task.
| ACTDIK001/ACTDIK007 |
- How to use visual programming blocks to build a sequence of instructions to command a robot to move from A to B.
| ACTDIP004/ACTDIK011 / ACTDIK019 / ACTDIK020 |
- How to analyse and modify code to correct unsuccessful missions and tasks.
| ACTDIP011/ACTDIP019 |
- How to use a triggering block/button to initiate a robot program.
| ACTDIP011/ACTDIP020 |
- How to follow a sequence of instructions to learn how to program a robot to complete a task.
| ACTDIP004 |
- How to collaborate with teammates to find the best route and to program a robot to avoid obstacles and get to its destination with the fewest steps possible.
| ACTDIK011 / ACTDIK017 / ACTDIP019 |
- That information can be found in pictures and riddles.
| ACTDIK002/ACTDIK009 |
- How to apply a rule to sort things and objects.
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- Unspecified knowledge and skills related to the chosen KLA.
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Price
- $15 per child - Minimum cost: $200
- Travel fees may apply (If applicable, we will inform you about the travel cost prior to your booking request being confirmed.)