As a class we have been trying to solve the problem of the Marching Ants. the two teams of five ants are on opposite ends of the branch. They have to get past one another. Each ant can only jump the ant in front, if there is a space, each ant can only move forward.
We worked on the problem for over a week, trying lots of different solutions.
Here is an example of how we worked together to solve the problem. We challenge one of our buddy classes to to see if they can solve Marching Ants.
In the first week back we had a visit from Mr Kinane. Our focus for learning was computational thinking, this is when you need to think logically and sequentially. We were sending commands to a micro bit. This is a small programmable electronic device with LED lights. The micro bit was able to be controlled remotely.
After developing some simple programmes using block code on www.makecode.microbit.com we were ready for something more adventurous. Our challenge was to make the programme for controlling a gate opening and closing. The micro bit controlled a crikit and servo, a small motor.
The code was quite challenging because the gate needed to open and then close. We worked in pairs to achieve our goal. Here is one example of our work.
