DESIGN TOOL PLANNING GRID - TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 2-5
LESSON APPLICATION SUMMARY:	COMPUTER SCIENCE CORRELATION
1. Analyze map directions and distance by planning a BeeBot program path	Data Analysis
2. Design a grid and object	Creative Thinking
3. Paint drawing grid, BeeBot	Input Tool
4. Terrapin Programming software	Programming
FOCUS CONNECTIONS: Thinking and Using Resources of Technology – Practice Paint Tools Grids, Webpages and Rubik’s Cube – what do they have in common?
GOAL:
Program a sequence of steps to move an object to a designated ending point
INPUT:
1. Guess: Where will you or the BeeBot go?
2. Paint map grid 800 by 600 with 100 pixel size squares (older students should design this themselves in Paint)
PROCESS:
1. On the Paint Grid fill squares with color to make a path. 2. Draw an object such as a circle in the end point of the path. 3. Record the sequence of steps to get from top left corner to the end-point. · Move forward including how many steps. · Turn Right · Turn Left 4. Program the Bee-Bot with those commands. 5. Guess where the object will end up. 6. Put a marker at that spot. 7. Analyze what needs to be changed if the BeeBot did not make it to the end-point. 8. Adjust program and try again.
OUTPUT / FEEDBACK:
1. Were you successful in guessing where the BeeBot would go?
2. How many times did it take to be successful?
3. Did planning and thinking help save time?
RESOURCES:
1. Terrapin Logo, BeeBots: http://www.terrapinlogo.com/
2. Paint drawing tool fluency