Edison Robot Unit

Kai, Mason, and Rohan are working on a project that involves analyzing a real-world scenario with a repeating pattern. They need to find a way to accomplish this task with greater efficiency using definite and indefinite loops.

What real-world scenario would they be evaluating?

How could they utilize definite and indefinite loops to make their project more efficient? Explain thoroughly.

Matthew, Luke, and Tyelee are having a friendly competition to learn about loops in programming. They discover that a loop is a unique piece of code that instructs the computer to repeat something multiple times.

Loops are a type of _______ structure because loops _______ other bits of code in a program.

(Same word in each blank).

Rebekah, Miguel, and Gunner are navigating a city block shaped like a quadrilateral. How did the start point of their journey affect the sequence of their path as they navigated the block?

(You must include the following vocabulary in your response: repeat, angle(s), degree(s), loop )

Kade, Evan and Walker are working on a thrilling software project for their school. Kade suggests they can create a subroutine without a main program. Walker disagrees. Who do you think is correct?

• Kade

• Walker

Scarlett, Anika, and Samuel are programming a robot for a thrilling science fair project. In which exciting situations might they need to interrupt the program? (Choose all that apply.)

• The robot encounters an obstacle and needs to navigate around it

• The main program isn't interesting enough

• Samuel, who is assisting them, presses a button

• Interrupting the program is always necessary for running a computer program.

Aria, Mia, and Jackson are on a thrilling adventure to create an exciting game for their school project. While diving deep into the world of coding, they stumble upon an _________, a mysterious piece of code that temporarily halts their game's main code. Can you help them figure out what it's called?

What is an example of hardware and software with Edison robots? How do you know? Explain.

Zoe, Aiden, and Abigail are on a thrilling adventure to build a robot for their school science project. To control the robot's movements, they need to create a __________, which is like a mini-program that operates separately from the main program.

How do "pause" or "wait" control blocks affect your program?

Avery, Mia, and Abigail are on a thrilling adventure to create a magical weather prediction software for their school project. To make their software work like a charm, they need to understand the enchanting _____ - _______ - ______ cycle, which is when the mystical weather data comes in, the software processes the data, and then predicts the weather.