Wow .. it was great to see you yesterday .. if you took a car ..
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and get coding to run it around your classroom!!
Data,
data and more data .... we are drowning in it!
This workshop will show you how to have some fun with it .. by
racing toy cars and allowing your students to experience linear and
non-linear data models.
Remotely controlled cars are a common toy, many students will
have one .. and will have played with them without thinking of
coding or building them!
We can use pseudo code to analyse the functions of the
controller and the toy car.
We must first
measure the distance travelled.
We must then
program the car and the
phone/pad to transmit and receive the data.
First we need a moving device. A made-up toy car
will do!
- >We then need to program the toy car to
transmit the distance
travelled and the time taken.