Navigating the Cluster with Code
Platform
Digital Technologies Progress Outcomes
Cross-Curricular Links
Year Levels
Y3-4 (Guided)
Y5-6+
Duration
1 lesson
Resources
Differentiation
For younger learners or beginners, use the remote control function to navigate the Sphero bots.
For older or more experienced learners, add the challenge of writing a code to navigate the entire cluster in a continuous travel sequence.
Include obstacles like asteroids or other imaginative space clutter that must be navigated around as well.
About Activity
This is a coding challenge to control the movements of the Sphero bots, in order to navigate the Matariki cluster and visit all nine stars, plus Puanga too!
Learners will use Spero bots to explore the stars of Matariki and Puanga, by mapping them on the floor and interacting with them by guiding their bots through controls, code, and program sequences to visit each one and learn more about them.
Activity Guide
