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Discussion Prompts

Observing

• How did you calculate the number of wheel turns needed? What strategies did your group use to solve the challenge? 
• How did you use your solution in your VEXcode GO project? What happened if the solution was correct? What if it was incorrect?
• Did your Code Base complete the parade route successfully the first time? What did you change in your project to make improvements? 

After students have shared their methods based on the questions above, introduce the following mathematical formula. Emphasize how students were applying elements of these formulas in their methods in Play Part 1:

• Circumference is the distance around the outside of a circle. In this Lab, the circumference refers to the outside of the wheel, which is also the distance that the wheel will travel with one turn.
  • Distance of parade route = Distance traveled with one wheel turn (Circumference of Wheel) x Turns
    • D=CT 
  • This formula can also be worked as follows using inverse operations: Turns = Distance of parade route / Circumference
    • T=D/C

Predicting

• What if the parade route was extended? What steps would you take to code your robot to complete the new parade route?
• What if the parade route had turns?  How could we use what we have learned to code our robot to make a turn?

Collaborating

• What is one way that you were a problem solver in your group to complete the challenge? 
• If a new student joined your group, how would you explain to them how to code the robot to drive the length of the parade route based on wheel turns?
• What is something that worked well for your group today that you can apply to future group work?