Platform

• Sphero Edu

Digital Technologies Progress Outcomes

• CT = PO2

• DDDO = PO1

Cross-Curricular Links

• Maths & Stats

Year Levels

• Y3-4 (Guided)

• Y5-6+

Duration

• 1 lesson

Resources

• Activity Guide

Differentiation

Guide learners to try the challenge individually, or form teams to organise a friendly competition.

Play with different objects and configurations to practise aiming for targets of different sizes and stability.

Extension

Guide your learners to try another game activity in the Sphero Challenge Series:

• Bullseye Challenge

• Shape Challenge

• Maze Challenge

• Mini Golf Challenge

About Activity

This play-based activity is designed to help learners gain skills and experience with digital technologies by practising basic programming through an iterative process to direct Sphero bots.

Learners will set up a group of target objects, like bowling pins, and aim to guide their Sphero towards them down by coding a program that controls direction, speed and timing. They will do their best to knock down as many objects as they can and collect points for each ‘pin’ they topple. Learners will have fun while working to refine and improve their programs after each attempt, or iteration.

Activity Guide

Challenge Series – Digital Play with Sphero

This activity is one of a series digital play-based resources using the block code-based Programs function with Sphero, designed to guide your learners to practise skills and explore concepts in digital technologies through creativity, achievement motivation and fun! Check out these other activities in the collection: