{"id":13693,"date":"2020-05-21T20:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=13693"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T05:09:31","slug":"the-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/the-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

This classic challenge is a great introductory activity. It works well with a standard Driving Base, such as the EV3 Robot Educator Mode or an equivalent quick build, and the programming\u00a0is relatively straight forward. Its main strength, however, is in having the entire class work together to solve a challenge collaboratively.<\/p>\n

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Get ready to wave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The challenge<\/h2>\n

Work together as a class to make all the robots perform a synchronised dance.<\/p>\n

Equipment requirement<\/h2>\n

Although it’s not absolutely necessary, I would recommend having everyone build the same robot, such as the SPIKE Prime Driving Base (external link<\/a>) or the EV3 Robot Educator Model Driving Base (external link<\/a>), prior to starting this challenge. I usually give the fastest builders something like the Figure 8 challenge<\/a> to keep them occupied while we’re waiting for the rest of the class to catch up.<\/p>\n

You will also need a reasonable amount of floor space to line up the robots with space in between.<\/p>\n

Teacher notes<\/h2>\n

I normally frame this challenge by showing the class an example of another dance, such as the following video, and\u00a0break it down into parts (much like the approach taken by\u00a0Ian Chow-Miller as described in this post<\/a>).<\/p>\n