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Step 1 – Introduction to the challenge
Video for the class Rules for Competition
Gloucester, Cheltenham & Stroud submission date 15th December 2014
Bristol submission date 15th January 2015
Oxford submission date 15th Feb 2015
Reading submission date 15th March 2015
Swindon submission date 15th April 2015
Step 2 Choosing A Rescue Problem
Design your robot to deal with one of the following environments:
Earthquake : earthquakes News Video Info Doc Problem Sheet Lesson Plan 1
Building Fire : Presentation News Video Info Doc Problem Sheet Lesson Plan 1
Sea Rescue : Presentation News Video Info doc Problem Sheet Lesson Plan 1
Step 3 Designing a Robot
Design your robot :
Mechanical Design Presentation Mechanical Video Sensor Video Robot Design Lesson Plan 2
Extension : Basic Gears
Step 4 Learning about Flow Diagrams
Designing a program with flows diagrams:
flow diagrams Flow Diagrams video lesson plan 3
Step 5 Programming a Robot in Scratch
The challenge can be extended to do this Scratch programming. Watch the video and then try and animate your robot.
Scratch Challenge (teacher hints to follow)
Step 6 Submission
The best from each class participating in the challenge should be photographed and emailed to gabriel@robotacademy.co.uk