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Telling Time With Dash

Looking for a hands-on way to bring time-telling to life for your elementary school students? In this engaging lesson, your students will join forces with Dash to draw analog clocks on a whiteboard mat, depicting different times. Learners will practice telling time in hours, half-hours, and even minutes. Not only will they sharpen their time-telling […]

Dash into Pi Day

It’s that time of year again and we’re bringing you a brand new set of materials to use with students as you celebrate Pi Day, March 14th. This year, students can move through stations as they celebrate that irrational ratio we love so much, 3.14159…  Distribute Pi Day Activity Cards Download these printable activity cards […]

They’re Playin’ Dash-ketball

It’s that time of year again! March Madness is about to begin and Dash is getting in on the action with a basket ball challenge that kids love. If you’d like teach important measurement skills while students are having fun with Dash and the launcher, download our free lesson plan: Dash’s Basketball Challenge: Measurement. In […]

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 […]

Hands-on Lessons and Skills for WLRC Mission Readiness

Whether or not your team submits mission evidence, the Wonder League Robotics Competition (WLRC) is a rich source of curriculum that combines coding, creativity, and critical thinking. By using WLRC missions in the classroom, students can gain hands-on learning experience that builds essential STEAM skills. There are two foundational skills emphasized in WLRC that transfer […]

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 […]

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 […]

Program Dash to Draw a Tree

Help Dash Draw the Shape of a Christmas Tree For this activity, you can either use the  Sketch Kit accessory with Dash or you can fashion your own harnass for a magic marker and get drawing. The downloadable PDF includes a link to a video of Dash drawing the tree as well as a Blockly […]

Dash and Launcher Giveaway

Assign a Coding Pathway in Make Wonder and Enter to Win! To shine a spotlight on an exciting feature of Make Wonder, we’re awarding a free Dash + Launcher Accessory to one lucky educator, picked randomly from all who assign a Coding Pathway between Nov. 15 and  December 15, 2024. (Free Tier users, there’s a […]

Using Blockly with K-1st Grade Students

Innovation Starts Early The earlier that students dive into computational thinking and computer science, the more likely they’ll grow into the problem-solvers and innovators of tomorrow. As a teacher, I know that Blockly can seem challenging for young kids, especially since it looks like it requires strong reading skills. But don’t worry—there are so many […]