Block Coding - Level 1
Level 1- Block Coding
Block Coding - Level 1
I. Introduction Drag & Drop Block Coding -
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu
You will be fine learning to fly drones autonomously if you haven’t taken a Block Coding course before, but your creativity could be enhanced even further by taking Aspire Above’s Block Coding Level 1,2 or 3. In that course, there is a focus on coding without drones.
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Block coding is a visual introduction for young leaners to grasp the basic concepts of coding.
“Blocks,” are pieces of instructions a user(coder) puts together to carry out tasks. Blocks are the basic ingredients of a recipe. The “recipe” for purposes of this course will be flying a drone over a certain course autonomously.
Blocks, at its essence, will tell(code) the drone to take off, yaw, pitch, roll and land.
Scratch and Code.org have two of the most powerful platforms for developing Block Coding skills
Before we dive into coding drones, lets explore some basic Block Code.
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What does the Future look like from your eyes??
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A Code.Org Lesson
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Optional - To Do List
Study the Block Coding terms
Download both Tello and DroneBlocks Apps
Life Hacks -MUSIC
Music is the soul of life. Take a break from coding and find 5 Feel Good songs. Songs that make you smile and drive you forward in your daily life. I’ve included a few of my favorites in an Amazon Playlist. This list is ever evolving and changes seasonally, monthly weekly or even sometimes daily . Give me the Top 5 songs that inspire and make you feel good right now!
My 2022 Top 5 Feel Good Playlist
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Take our Coding Level 1 (Block Coding Course)
Let's learn the ABC's of block coding!
II. De BUG De BUG!!
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“If you want your dreams to come true, GET OUT OF BED!”
If you want your Drone to do amazing tings we must first learn to take off!
You’re young, so you probably haven’t thought much about it. But how do you get to the nearest deli from your home? How do you get to the nearest train station? Can you tell your parent how o get to these places?
I wonder how your directions would sound? Would you include terms like move forward, turn right? Well we need basic navigation skills to accomplish anything in life. But as a coder, you need to tell specifically what when and where you want your drone to do. You don’t have to answer why, because the drone doesn’t care:)
Go tell a parent guardian or sibling how you would get from your home to the nearest WalMart. When you are done ask them to rate you from 1-5. 1 being terrible. 5 being terrific. Share with us your rating!
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In the Tello app we hit the Up arrow inside a circle to launch the drone.
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Optional To Dos
Do you have your own Tello? Go out and fly 15 minutes per day before out next class.
Life Hacks - NATURE
Basic NavigationFind North in the day
1. Put a stick in the ground.
2. Mark the length of the shadow by digging a line in the dirt. Then do it again 15 minutes later
3. Draw a connecting line between the two lines drawn. This is your east-west line.
4. The 2nd mark is your eastern end.
5. Stand with your left foot at the west marker. Your right foot on the east mark.
You are likely now facing North!!
Take Off, Land, Forward, Backward, Left, Right. Learn about intermediate piloting techniques including hand launches and hand landings and Flight Modes!
III. Art & Drawing Sequences
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“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” —Plato
If you have installed DroneBlocks App skip to #2 Launch Tello.
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Ok lets try this.
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Optional To Do
1. Design your own Mission. Include take off, land, some pitch action, some yaw action and landing.Life Hacks -COOKING
Making a Killer App
Let's take a look at the remote control! What does it do? How does it connect? What actions do the sticks control?
IV. Loops
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“Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.”
― Haruki Murakami
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code.org
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Life Hacks - SKILLS
Let’s loop to learn tying a knot!
Let’s do a Bowline Knot
V. Introduction to Scratch Motion Blocks!
Can you complete the following missions?
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"My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature." - Jane Goodall
We may need a 3D image to become familiar with creating shapes with DroneBlock Missions.
Try This 3D Coordinate System
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Life Hacks -CHARITY
VI. Sound & Event Blocks
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"Make your life a mission - not an intermission." - Arnold H. Glasgow
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Life Hacks -SPACE