Session 4 — Ball Game Introduction

Opening concept: A tool is only useful if you can control it precisely.

Activity:

• Introduce the ball game setup: Edison’s front catch, the fixed goal catch, the ball
• Using clap-control barcode, students try to drive Edison to the ball and push/carry it to the goal
• Teams of two: one navigates, one watches and gives advice
• Scoring: one point per successful delivery

Engineering connection: Understand — what’s hard about this? Imagine — what would make it easier?

Materials: Ball game catch setup, balls, goal catch, complete barcode list