Announcing Python in Blockly Pro!
Move Freely Between Blockly, JavaScript, and Python Blockly Pro now shows the same program in all three languages, and lets students move between them as often as they like. If you have taught with Dash for a while, you have probably seen a student reach the point where Blockly stops being quite enough. It shows […]
Bring Design Thinking Principles to Your STEM Program
Ignite Creativity and Resilience in STEM Through Design Thinking In today’s dynamic world, students need mindset tools that fuel innovation, adaptability, and deep empathy. That’s where design thinking comes in: a human-centered, iterative approach that transforms your STEM classroom into a vibrant lab of curiosity, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. Far from being just for designers, […]
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Blockly
🚀 Welcome Back, Teachers! Let’s Get Ready for an Amazing Year of Coding & Robotics Welcome back to school, teachers! We know you’re busy setting up classrooms, planning lessons, and thinking about how to make this year your most engaging one yet. This post is here to help you feel confident teaching block coding—the visual, […]
Beyond the Ball: Learn to Launch Lemons, Pom Poms, and Other Creative Cargo
Ready to turn coding into a hands-on launching adventure? Here are three fun “projectile labs” that blend screen-time logic with real-world physics. In Citrus Splash, learners code single-shot launches of plastic lemons into targets of varying size and distance; Pom-Pom Precision challenges them to sequence launches and pauses for silent soft-ball tosses; and in Cork […]
Dash Goes on a Road Trip
Get $50 Off Wonder Pack! For a limited time, we’re celebrating summer with a $50 off coupon code for Wonder Pack. Simple enter WONDER50 at checkout and save big. Save now Teachers and families, meet Dash’s next adventure: the Road Trip packet! This collection of 3 challenge cards, takes kids on a road trip so […]
Dash Goes to the Zoo
In this Free Resource Friday blog post, we take you and your students on an adventure at the zoo where code makes every creature come alive! With Dash by their side, your students will explore animal science, language arts, and block-based programming all in one wild adventure. From researching animal behaviors for a Robot Petting […]
Dash Summer Fun Coloring Book
☀️Bring Summer Adventures to Life with Dash: A Free Coloring Book for Your Classroom! At Wonder Workshop, we know that summer is full of inspiration—and sometimes, you just need a fun, low-prep activity to keep students engaged in between projects or after they’ve wrapped up their work. That’s why we created our free Dash Summer […]
Make It A Summer of Wonder
Summer is just about here, but that’s no reason for the STEM learning to come to a halt. These activity packets are designed to engage students in critical and creative thinking, all summer long, even if they don’t own a Dash robot. That’s why we’ve included offline activities and summer reading recommendations in addition to […]
Earth Day with Dash: 3 Free Lesson Plans
The Earth Day celebration continues. In this post, we present three lesson plans that combine environmental themes and robotics using Dash, giving your students a chance to learn about life cycles, seed dispersal, and weather patterns in a hands-on, interactive way. Plus, we’ll look at how some inspiring teachers on Instagram are bringing Earth Day […]
Earth Day with Dash
Celebrate Earth Day by turning Dash into your class’s eco‑hero with these hands‑on coding challenges that bring recycling, plant power, clean‑up missions, the water cycle, and wildlife rescue to life. Each activity weaves environmental science and block‑based programming into a fun, meaningful experience for young learners. 1. Recycle Relay (Gripper Kit) Objective: Teach students about […]
