It's time to defeat the army of furnace bots. Continuing from the previous episode, the hero of the story must locate and take over the zero bot that controls all of the other furnace bots. Viewers see how writing a program that involves loops helps locate the particular bot.

Concepts

robots, variables, computer code, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class write out their codes before viewing the solutions
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils must be familiar with loops
  
• This is the third of 10 installments in the Think Like a Coder series
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides a list of websites for further study
• Includes hints for struggling learners
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2