On-Ramp to Robotics Unit 1 (Motion) with Mars Rover Challenge for TI-84 Plus CE Python

Students will learn and use foundational concepts for robotic vehicle control along with math concepts to write a program to drive their Rover around the base of the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars.

Verlag: Texas Instruments Inc.

Fach:  Informatik  MINT

Schlagwörter  Algebra ,  Winkel ,  Programmieren ,  Abstand ,  Geometrie ,  Lineare Funktionen ,  Geraden ,  Polygone ,  Python ,  MINT ,  TI-Innovator Rover ,  Dreieck

Navigate Rover around the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars

Learn the fundamentals of robotic vehicles

 

 

Angles and the Unit Circle

Proportion and Scale

Distance, Rate and Time

Measurement and Units

Motor Control

Coding Concepts

  For Loops

  Motion Commands

 

See a video example from a classroom on Youtube: http://bit.ly/2r1oUTH 

 

Overview

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Download Python Syntax Reference Handout   PDF link

 

Skill Builder 1: Moving Forward

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Download Student Challenge Handout Document   PDF link  Word Doc link

Download Teacher example Python programs   Zip link

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Skill Builder 2: Turning

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Skill Builder 3: Turtle Drive

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Mars Olympus Mons Final Challenge

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Download example answer key   PDF link

 

Print Mars Map and Grid

Download zipped file PDF's and instructions  link

 

 

Learn to do the project yourself 

Download Meet the Rover Geometry Challenge PDF at this link

Download Getting Started and Beyond PDF at this link

10 Minutes of Code for Python Unit 1: Getting Started with Python link

10 Minutes of Code for Python with Hub and Rover do units 1 (Hub) and 4 (Rover) link

 

Setting up

Update your TI-84 Plus CE Python, TI SmartView CE emulator software and TI-Innovator sketch link

Download a tutorial on using the TI Connect CE software for program editing and transferring files to and from your calculator  PDF link  

Download a step-by-step guide to updating your TI-Innovator Hub and Rover  PDF link

 

 

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