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Sphero RVR
To the right are short instructional videos associated with your selected skill. No Certificates can be earned upon completing these videos.
Sphero RVR - Color Walk Vowel Sounds
Using the color sensor, students will program the RVR to read a list of words related to the Vowel Sounds category and associated to each specific color tile. They will use the Drive tool in Sphero EDU and stop over each color. This also uses speech blocks as well as the "On Color" event block.
Sphero RVR - Color Walk Roots & Prefixes
Using the color sensor, students will program the RVR to read a list of words related to the Roots & Prefixes category and associated to each specific color tile. This activity encourages students to use the movement and control blocks to drive over the color tiles, pause, and list words that fit the category. This also uses speech blocks as well as the "On Color" event block.
Sphero RVR - Color Walk Endangered Animals
Using the color sensor, students will program the RVR to read a list of words related to the Endangered Animals category and associated to each specific color tile. They will use the Drive tool in Sphero EDU and stop over each color. This also uses speech blocks as well as the "On Color" event block.
Sphero RVR - Color Walk Biographies
Using the color sensor, students will program the RVR to read a list of words related to the Biographies category and associated to each specific color tile. They will use the Drive tool in Sphero EDU and stop over each color. This also uses speech blocks as well as the "On Color" event block.
Sphero RVR - Animal Sounds Walk
Students work in pairs. One uses starts the program and the other guesses the animal. Using programming blocks, the RVR will ask "Which animal is this?" and use a sound block. If the driver student gets it wrong, the other student takes over and the RVR turns into a random heading and moves on. Also uses a Loop control block.
Sphero RVR - Right Triangle Paths
After studying interior and exterior angles of polygons, students will program their RVR to trace around the path of a large pentagon. This will involve speed and heading settings in the Sphero EDU blocks.
Students studying trigonometry will apply their knowledge of solving a triangle to answer this question: What is the steepest angle of incline that the RVR can travel upwards? Students will work in pairs using a ramp and measuring tape to draw a diagram and calculate the angle, test driving the RVR in several trials.
Let's explore how tough our Sphero RVR really is! In this activity, students will discover different types of terrain for our RVR to drive over. This activity will start by driving Sphero along a flat surface, and then adding additional "obstacles" such as grass, concrete, rocks, etc. Students will then determine if different speeds are needed to drive over each material.
Sphero RVR - Trig Triangle Paths
The teacher will print and hand out several triangle pictures to each group of students. They will calculate the side lengths and angle measures with only limited given information. This lesson involves using trig functions and formulas studied in Algebra 1 or 2 and is a great application of "Solving a Triangle". Once the triangle is solved, students will code the robot to move along the triangle's path.
