Code and Go Mouse robot activities combining mapping, story ordering, and number-line arithmetic¶

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Description¶

The webinar describes Code and Go Mouse activities in which students build a Noun Town map for the mouse to travel through, reinforcing map skills, or recreate a story by drawing portions and coding the mouse around the map to order it. A number-line variation has students roll two dice, add or subtract, and move a toy car along a road.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A Code and Go Mouse robot, dice, and drawn maps or number-line materials

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-2 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Coding sequences of instructions
• Map skills
• Addition and subtraction on a number line

Related Elements¶

• Codable maze unplugged lesson for shortest-distance algorithms across content areas
• ScratchJR app for young children to build interactive stories and games

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Computational Thinking Boosters: Algorithms in K-2. (2021). Webinar presentation, NSF grant #1923314. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1923314