Do you read user manuals or watch video tutorials?

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You've just got a new gadget and you need to set it up. 

How important are step-by-step instructions? Do you prefer videos or booklets?

Build this ”quality check” robot.

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This robot is your new best friend. It’ll help you check the quality of your ideas… you’ll have it up and running in no time!

Power up!

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Play this program and watch your robot power up.

Create a programming stack from this pseudocode.

Program these actions.

  • Light up a heart
  • When I see the color violet:
  • Light up a smiley
  • Turn motor A 30 degrees
  • Turn motor A -60 degrees
  • Turn motor A 60 degrees
  • Turn motor A -30 degrees
  • Play a sound
  • Light up a heart

Pseudocode is a way to decompose complex actions into smaller parts. It’s like creating a step-by-step instructions.

Your programming stack could look like this:

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Create pseudocode for the rest of the moves.

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Watch this video now. Decompose all of the actions you see and write pseudocode for the movements.

Create programming stacks that follow your pseudocode.

How did you do? 

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Think about what you did well and what you could’ve done better.

Now that you know how to break big actions down into smaller ones, you can decompose any problem!