{"id":7861,"date":"2014-03-05T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T06:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local?p=7861&preview_id=7861"},"modified":"2017-09-07T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:59:44","slug":"the-6-tile-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/the-6-tile-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 tile challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"6<\/a>\u00a0I recently ran a simple challenge that I called the \u201c6 Tile Challenge\u201d that worked well in my classes and got the point across that you should calculate the number of rotations before you drive your robot. \u00a0This was the second day of robotics programming for my classes and we had discussed the diameter and circumference of the wheel and how they relate to the linear distance that your robot travels when you program it in rotations or degrees. The students ran programs that would allow them to see the relationship between programming in degrees and rotations.<\/p>\n

What I have found in the past is that the students understand this when we go over it, but never use it again when they are given distance challenges. They always revert back to guess and check and don\u2019t think about the math when they guess.<\/p>\n

The challenge is listed below. \u00a0They used the Domabot robot from Damien Kee\u2019s book \u201cClassroom Activities for the Busy Teacher\u201d.<\/p>\n

6 Tile Challenge<\/h2>\n