Passing and roles: breaking a problem down
Students split the team plan into roles, keeper, defenders and attackers, each with its own blocks.
You need: a device per student or pair, a screen for the class, and the link kickbots.reach500.com
Learning goals
- Break a big problem into smaller parts.
- Give each role a different job.
- Link the parts: the keeper passes, the defender passes, the attacker shoots.
Lesson steps
- 5 min On the board: what does the keeper do? A defender? An attacker? Three columns.
- 10 min Show the role tabs in the editor and training levels 4 and 5.
- 25 min Students build the chain: keeper to defender, defender to attacker, attacker gets close and shoots. Then they play the Pros.
- 10 min Which role was hardest to program? What happened when one part broke?
Vocabulary
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How you know they learned it
The student explains each role’s job in their team and how the jobs connect.