Writing and following instructions is the focus of this computer-free programming activity. There are two parts, Part 1 is about a simple dice game and getting the students to create robot style instructions for the game using repeating loops. Part 2 is about a Robot Cafe: They need to write instructions for a robot to make sandwiches, then they are going to demonstrate their instructions by acting as robots to the class. You can select which types of sandwich you get the robot students to demonstrate so you can accommodate for not being able to provide all the sandwich making materials.
This activity is connected to the Objects and Machines unit. The activity requires the students to write algorithms (instruction lists), use loops (instructions that can be repeated) and put instructions in the correct order. By acting out the activity rather that doing it on a computer I think that this will be really fun and the students with no programming experience will relate to the concepts better.
Link to activity (pdf):
Human Robots Activity
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