Welcome To Day Four!

Welcome Campers: 15 minutes

• Instructor Introduction- How did you all make out with your “Campified Home Challenges Last Night?   
• Campers Respond to questions.
• If time permits have a camper share their finished project. 
• Dress Like A Robot Day! Compliment their participation. 

Log On Help:

• Ask if any camper had difficulty logging in to Zoom.
• Review logging in to the simulator.  Address any issues.

Introduce Control Folder:

• Yesterday we used all of the blocks in the Control Folder. Today we are going to explore the Variables Folder.
• Share all of the command blocks in this folder:

• Model how to open each command block and change parameters. 
• Set ___ = # block.  This command is to set the certain fruits to certain numbers.  You will call back to this block in order to use other blocks in the Variables Folder.  You must tell the program the values of the fruits before calling to those fruits in the later blocks.
• You can set the fruit’s value in many different ways. 

• On the left you choose the fruit you want to use.  If you want to set it to a number, use the top grid of 1,2,3,4 and choose a number to set it to.  If you want to set the fruit to another fruit’s value, choose the option below.  If you want the fruit to get a random value, choose the dice option, and if you want the fruit to have a function where Dash needs to have an input, choose the Dash icon.
• With the Change variables block, you can multiply the value of the fruit, add, subtract, or divide.
• The If and the Repeat blocks in the Variables tab work the same as the If and the Repeat blocks in the Controls tab, however, this time they depend on the variables, not on the inputs on Dash.
• The Do block in the Variables tab lets you make Dash do a certain task when that fruit is set to a certain value.  
• This is the most complex tab in the program.  It takes creative thinking and problem solving in order to master this tab. 
• Q & A time. 

Wrap up: 45 minutes

Instructor to review appropriate behavior when campers are sharing.

• When we are sharing, we are only using positive words.
• Instructor gives an example: “John, I really liked how you were able to use all the color lights in your program.” 
• We should feel good after someone comments on our work.
• Ask who would like to share their program with the group? (instructor selects who will share first)
• If there is time remaining, campers can continue with the puzzles from yesterday. Click the 3 orange lines in the upper left hand corner and select puzzles. Remind campers that you can monitor their progress while they are completing the puzzles. 

Instructor Explains the Beat the Heat Home Challenge Activity Directions

Welcome Back Campers: 10 minutes

• Instructors welcome back campers from lunch.
• “Campers this 2nd part of our day is mainly you creating your programs and exploring what we have learned today.” 
• “Also putting what we learned today together with what you have been learning with Blockly. “
• “I will introduce you to the activity and you will start to design your program using the folders that we focused on yesterday and today.”

Wrap up  activity – 45 minutes

Instructor to model appropriate behavior when campers are sharing.

• When we are sharing, we are only using positive words.
• Instructor gives an example: “John, I really liked how you were able to use all the color lights in your program.” 
• We should feel good after someone comments on our work.
• Ask who would like to share their program with the group? (instructor selects who will share first)
• If there is additional time, campers can complete puzzles. 
• Top left corner there are 3 orange lines. Click on that and it will take them to a screen where they can select puzzles. Let them know that the instructors can monitor their progress on the puzzles to make sure that they understand what was taught today.