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 Robot Turtles is a board game that was designed to introduce children to programming principles. Here's how it achieves this:
  1. Sequencing: The game teaches sequencing, which is a fundamental concept in programming. Players must carefully plan a sequence of moves (forward, left, or right) to navigate their turtle to a matching colored jewel on the game board.
  2. Debugging: If a player makes a mistake in their sequence of moves, they must identify the error, correct it, and try again. This simulates the process of debugging in programming.
  3. Planning: Players have to plan a series of moves ahead of time. This is akin to algorithmic thinking, which is a crucial part of coding.
  4. Conditional logic: Some advanced versions of the game introduce ice walls and boxes. These obstacles can only be navigated around using specific cards, introducing conditional logic (if this, then that).
  5. Problem-solving: The game promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Each game level becomes progressively more difficult, requiring players to adapt and think creatively to reach their goal.
  6. Patience and Persistence: Learning to program, like mastering any new skill, requires a lot of patience and persistence. Robot Turtles encourages these traits, as players may need to try different strategies if their first attempt at reaching the jewel doesn't work.
  7. Fun way of learning: By transforming abstract programming concepts into a fun, interactive game, children can grasp these concepts without even realizing they're learning.
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      • Little Pail Patrol vs Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Simple Machines
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      • Invent!
      • Ocean Currents
      • Movie Making
    • First Grade >
      • Wildlife Corridors
      • Stop Motion
      • Marble Runs
      • Coding
      • Rube Goldberg Machines
    • Second Grade >
      • Spider Monkey Escape
      • Bees
      • Circuits
      • Homemade Coding
      • Coding Robots
    • Third Grade >
      • Identity: Who Am I?
      • Planetary Lander
      • Wildlife Corridors
      • Coding Bees
      • Stop Motion
      • Genie In A Bottle
    • Fourth Grade >
      • Claymation: Juan Ponce de Leon
    • Fifth Grade
    • Sixth Grade >
      • History >
        • The Fertile Crescent
        • What's Up Egypt?
        • Good Morning Egypt
        • Stop Motion: How a Bill Becomes a Law
    • Seventh Grade
    • Eighth Grade >
      • Cuneiform
      • Student Creation in Photos: Global Collaboration
      • Finance >
        • Banks
  • Middle School PBL
    • Spring 2025: The Talking Walls
    • Fall 2024: A Hobbit Democracy
    • Spring 2024: Neighbors
    • Fall 2023: Witness Trees
    • Spring 2023: Environmental Justice Stories
    • Fall 2022: Sustainable Space
    • Spring 2022: Allies
    • Fall 2021: Renaissance
    • Fall 2021: Alexander von Humboldt
    • Spring 2021: Exploration
    • Fall 2020: Activism
    • Spring 2020: The Road Less Traveled
    • Fall 2019: Neighbors
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