Programmed for Friendship: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Dash
Make collaboration, kindness, and coding the heart of your Valentine’s Day celebration! Downloadable Dash Valentines Print out a special set of Dash-themed valentines for students to share with their classmates. You could even turn valentine delivery into a coding challenge. Suit up Dash with a DIY Gripper or Bulldozer attachment, and have students code Dash […]
Celebrate International Lego Day with Dash
Build, Code, and Create a Robot Petting Zoo 🧱🤖🐾 January 28 is International LEGO Day, and we’re celebrating with an activity that puts creativity front and center—where students decide what to build, how it looks, and how it behaves. By combining LEGO® building with Dash and a classroom-tested coding lesson, students can design and program […]
Dash into Holiday Joy: Easy Tips for Unboxing and Getting Started
Wrapping paper is flying, eyes are sparkling, and excited laughter fills the room as your child finally meets Dash! Christmas morning is all about magic, and with Dash you can skip the stressful setup so your child can dive right into their coding adventure. We want to make it easy for you to focus on […]
20+ Winter WONDER-ful Activities for Dash
Coding in a Winter Wonderland There are many ways to reinforce physical coding and applied robotics during this holiday season. You can use these winter wonderland ideas as morning warm-ups or for Friday free time, or you can create rotation stations to tackle them all at once during a classroom celebration. Pick and choose your […]
Lesson Plan: Dash the Thankful Turkey
🦃 Activity Title: Dash the Thankful Turkey Objective: Students will program “Dash the Turkey” to travel around a mat, stopping at spaces to share things they’re thankful for. Materials: Dash robot Sketch Mat or any coding mat (can also tape a grid on the floor) 4–6 “Thankful Spot” cards (one per square you choose) Paper […]
Dash Thanksgiving Day Parade
Bring the Thanksgiving Day Parade to Your Classroom with the Balloons Over Broadway STEM Challenge 🎈🤖 If you’ve been on social media this November, you’ve probably seen the Balloons Over Broadway STEM challenge floating around. It’s a fun, creative way to combine reading, engineering, and coding — and Dash makes it even more exciting! Here’s […]
Dash is Seein’ Stars
It’s a Star-Spangled Sketch Party” 🎇 Happy 4th of July! 🎆 Ready to bring some extra sparkle to your Independence Day celebrations? In this challenge, Dash the robot uses the Sketch Kit acccessory to draw a five-pointed star—just like the ones on the American flag! Teachers and parents can use this fun activity to introduce […]
Dash the Mother’s Day Messenger
We found this Mother’s Day activity in the archives. Create your own variation to deliver a gift and a message to anyone you love. Enjoy. What You’ll Need Dash Building Brick Connectors Set up Time 15 minutes Supplies LEGO® bricks (optional) Flowers, candy, a homemade card, or any other Mother’s Day gift (optional) Mission: Use […]
New NGSS Science Adventures: Blast Off with 20 K-5 Science Activities for Curious Coders
Blast Off with New Science Activities in Make Wonder Are you ready to take your students on an out-of-this-world learning journey? We’re thrilled to announce our brand-new NGSS-aligned Science Activities! These 20 interactive K-5 activities combine Earth & Space, Life, and Physical Science concepts with fundamental coding skills—like sequencing, loops, events, and conditionals—so kids can […]
Wonder League Robotics Competition: Myths, Facts, and Tips for Success
The new year provides an ideal opportunity to shake up routines with fresh new ideas and exciting challenges! Enter: the Wonder League Robotics Competition (WLRC), which offers a creative way to bring coding and collaboration into your classroom, home, or after-school club. As long as you register by February 14, 2025, you’ll be able to […]
