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Have some students act as robots while their peers give them instructions to teach students how to interact with and think like machines.

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  • One activity students could program the robot to do is build a tower of blocks. When the student uses terms not in the robot’s vocabulary, have the robot express confusion.
  • This will teach students to be precise when programming since machine language is very literal.
  • For more information, visit the CS Unplugged Harold the Robot Activity.

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  • Meaningful and Relevant Content
  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
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