{"id":12905,"date":"2025-06-20T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:34:08","slug":"dash-goes-on-a-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/en\/blog\/dash-goes-on-a-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Goes on a Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12905\" class=\"elementor elementor-12905\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6b811 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f6b811\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65eae11 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65eae11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Teachers and families, meet Dash\u2019s next adventure: the Road Trip packet! This collection of 3 challenge cards, takes kids on a road trip so they can practice coding, computational thinking and creativity with Dash.\u00a0<\/p><p>These challenge cards are geared toward more advanced coders, teaching them how to use Variables to define distances. Less advanced coders can use blocks that simply define the value rather than use a Variable to define the value.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2d1c8 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3d2d1c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dash-Road-Trip.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Packet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fb3147 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fb3147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to using the cards themselves, parents or teachers could extend the activities in the following ways:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1878\" data-end=\"2500\"><li data-start=\"1878\" data-end=\"2017\"><p data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"2017\"><strong data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1904\">Family Coding Night:<\/strong> Turn the packet into a living road trip\u2014set up \u201cpit stops\u201d in different rooms, each with a new Dash challenge.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2194\"><p data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2194\"><strong data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2049\">Real-World Math Practice:<\/strong> On your next car ride, compare your family\u2019s mileage or travel time to the estimates students made, fostering real-life number sense.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2195\" data-end=\"2360\"><p data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2360\"><strong data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2223\">Creative Storytelling:<\/strong> Encourage kids to write and illustrate their own \u201cDash Road Trip\u201d comic strip or travel story, then program Dash to act out key scenes.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2500\"><p data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2500\"><strong data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2389\">Screen-Free Extension:<\/strong> Ask your child to do \u201cRoadside Attraction Research\u201d to investigate real landmarks; use a a writing prompt that requires kids to practice persuasive language skills while they write an argument about why they should visit a specific attraction.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d895f exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27d895f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dash-Road-Trip.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail-797x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12908\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail-797x1024.png 797w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail-768x986.png 768w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dash-roadtrip-thumbnail.png 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0cce39 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a0cce39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dash-Road-Trip.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Packet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers and families, meet Dash\u2019s next adventure: the Road Trip packet! This collection of 3 challenge cards, takes kids on a road trip so they can practice coding, computational thinking and creativity with Dash.\u00a0 These challenge cards are geared toward more advanced coders, teaching them how to use Variables to define distances. 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