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Teach Engineering: What Is a Program? Lesson PlanTeach Engineering: What Is a Program? Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering: What Is a Program?

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Using a few blindfolds and a simple taped floor maze exercise, students come to understand that computers rely completely upon instructions given in programs and thus programs must be comprehensive and thorough. Then students learn to program using the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software.

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robotics, stem

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computer program, programming, lego, mindstorms, nxt, teachengineering, what is a program?, algorithm, robot, computer programming, computer and software engineering projects: robotics curriculum
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Grade
4th - 8th
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21 Century Skills
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Lesson Plans
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For Administrator Use
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0L

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