Spring Break Workshop part 3

Big Idea: The adventure of a turtle in the MicroWorlds EX Robotics.

Time: Thursday, March 9, 2006

Partcipants: Eddie, Caroline, Marcus, David, Jared, AJ, Lauren, Sammie, and Saafir.

Activity: Saafir, our fearless instructor for the day, taught us how to play on MicroWorlds EX Robotics. For those who never played with MicroWorlds Robotics, this is a game were you can make graphics by telling the turtle the proper command. If you tell the turtle the correct instructions, he/she will do as it is told. First challenge of the day, make a square. That turn out to be quite easy. It just took a bit of directional skills and a lot of geometry. The next challenge, make a triangle. That was not too bad but it did take some trying. The third challenge, make a circle and from there a spiral circle. I was now lost. Fortunately, the teens caught on quickly and came to assist me on telling the correct commands to the turtle.

Best part: The newer DesignIT teens, did a great job on their first try at MicroWorlds.

Worst part: Our time was running out so we didn't have time to learn the other cool stuff on MircoWorlds.






The teens concentrating on the challenges.









AJ starts his exploration in MicroWorlds EX Robotics.











Marcus spiral design.