Computing KS2: Robotic cars

Computing KS2: Robotic cars is the first lesson of this unit and will introduce the concept of robotic and autonomous cars. In this lesson students will be challenges to build the mBot and get it moving with the remote control. Students will discuss what cities in the future will look like and think about the role that robots and autonomous vehicles will play.

This is the first lesson from the Computing KS2 unit. Computing KS2 is a computing and robotics education programme based on driverless car technologies. Students will develop their ability to code as well as their design thinking as they tackle smart city challenges.

Through a series of nine lessons, students will learn about aspects of making, programming and design thinking as they build and program their own robot cars. They will work in teams to tackle coding challenges based on the actual problems that engineers are faced with in designing autonomous vehicles. In a final design challenge, students will need to work on not only the technical aspects of driverless cars, but also how they can improve lives and create smarter and safer communities.

All lesson resources are found here: https://encounteredu.com/teachers/units/code-smart-7-11