{"id":11842,"date":"2024-03-08T17:59:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/?p=11842"},"modified":"2024-03-20T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:56:45","slug":"celebrate-pi-day-with-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/blog\/celebrate-pi-day-with-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Pi Day with Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pi Day Challenge:<\/h3>

March 14, or 3\/14, is “Pi Day,”<\/strong> and is a celebration of the mathematical concept \u03c0, which represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14<\/strong>, hence the March 14 Pi Day festivities!<\/p>

Here is the Challenge: Can you figure out how to code instructions in Blockly for Dash to complete all of the different kinds of circles demonstrated in the video?<\/p>

First, watch the video<\/strong><\/a>, then\u00a0see if you can recreate Blockly<\/strong> programs that train Dash to drive in different circles!\u00a0Challenge yourself<\/strong> to see how many different circles you can program Dash to create!<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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  1. Watch the Pi Day Challenge video<\/strong><\/a> where Dash shows you four different circles Dash can make!<\/p><\/div>

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  2. Mark a spot<\/strong> on the floor where Dash will start creating circles. We recommend using a small piece of tape placed directly beneath Dash’s left wheel. This will be the starting point of each circle so that you can reference it to the same spot in the video.<\/p><\/div>

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  3. Now it’s time to program<\/strong> Circle A, B, C, & D using Blockly! What similarities and differences do you find between the circles?<\/p>

    Hint:<\/strong> Try using the Set Wheel Speed block in Blockly! What kind of a program makes Dash spin in place vs. make a bigger circle with a larger radius, and what does the Wheel Speed<\/strong> have to do with it?<\/p><\/div>

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  4. How many circles can you create using Blockly and Dash?<\/strong> We’d love to see what you come up with! Post your videos to Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube and tag #piday #makewonder!<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\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

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    An\u00a0algorithm<\/strong>\u00a0is a list of steps that you can follow to finish a task. When planning and executing their robot\u2019s routes, kids can learn to think\u00a0algorithmically<\/strong>\u00a0as they break down sequences of robot movements and program them.<\/p>

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    https:\/\/youtu.be\/0ElY7g4RtgA Pi Day Challenge: March 14, or 3\/14, is “Pi Day,” and is a celebration of the mathematical concept \u03c0, which represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14, hence the March 14 Pi Day festivities! Here is the Challenge: Can you figure out how to code […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,28,40,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday","category-in-the-classroom","category-tips-features","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}