Jon & Dave, age six, explore RIGHT ANGLES as they take on the 4th Challenge: Teach Roamer™ to go down the maze and into the garage (without hitting the bricks!). On their 5th try, they find that 88° solves the problem.

Solution: CM CM ^6 steps –>88° ^2 steps GO!

Math Skills & Concepts in Challenge 1.4: Right Angles; Estimation (distance, arc); Units (Roamer-steps, degrees); and more….

Problem-Solving Skills & Concepts: 3-Step Problem (challenges get more complex as children progress); Active Learning (children are problem-solvers, teacher is coach); Scientific Method (write guess, test & learn from results); Building-Block Method (build upon concepts learned in early Challenges); Simulation (put yourself in Roamer’s ‘shoes’); and more….

Programming Skills & Concepts: Syntax Lessons 1 (Word Order) & 2 (Chains of Commands)