EdScratch Lessons
These lessons are great for more practice with coding the Edison Robots. The lessons are designed for students that are intermediate at coding.
Lesson 1: Explore Edison Robots
Get to know the buttons, lights and sensors on your Edison Robot. Build a lego creation on your robot!
Lesson 2: Using Barcodes
Learn to scan a barcode with your edison robot. Scan a barcode to watch Edison avoid obstacles, follow a line, bounce in borders and more!
Lesson 3: Sumo Wrestling
Scan a barcode to turn your Edison into a robot that can stay within a border. Battle two or more Edison robots in a Sumo Wrestling ring!
Lesson 4: Edison Soccer
Program remote controls and scan barcodes to turn your Edison into a robot soccer player.
Lesson 5: Mar's Rover Challenge
Create the EdTank or something else and explore different terrain. Observe what differences you notice in the driving of EdTank.
Lesson 6: Mar's Sample Collection
Create the EdDigger and explore different barcodes with the tank. See if you can pick up items with the EdDigger.
Lesson 7: Nasa Robot Challenge
Create the EdRoboClaw and explore different barcodes with the tank. Discover the uses for this build.
Lesson 8: Explore EdScratch
Learn about the Edscratch programming language. Load a couple of different programs onto your Edison robot and see what it does!
Lesson 9: EdScratch vs Scratch
Discover the differences and similarities between EdScratch and Scratch. Complete as many Scratch activities as you can!
Lesson 10: EdScratch Bug Box
Watch what happens when a bug fixing software is downloaded to you Edison robot. Watch what it does.
Lesson 11: How Computers Think
Discover the language of Edison and how it communicates with a computer.
Lesson 12: Make a Lego Sandwich
Write instructions for a friend on how to construct your Lego sandwich!
Lesson 13: Human Robots
Discover how to think like a robot! Follow the instructions from a friend on how to get to a goal.
Lesson 14: Step-by-step in Edscratch
Learn how important step-by-step instructions are in order for Edison to do what you want it to.
Lesson 15: Driving Edison
Work in EdScratch to learn how to program Edison to drive.
Lesson 16: Maze Madness
Drive Edison through a maze without touching the borders and create your own maze for Edison to finish.
Lesson 17: Self-walking pet
Program Edison into a Lego pet that can walk itself and come back.
Lesson 18: Explore Edison's outputs.
Discover how Edison can takes instructions and perform them.
Lesson 19: Drive the Maze Safely
Program Edison to drive the maze while using it's lights as left and right turn signals that signify which way it has to turn in order to complete the maze.
Lesson 20: Explore Input Parameters
Discover what input parameters are and experiment with all the different ways you can change them to program Edison to drive for less time, wait for longer, and more.
Lesson 21: Teach Edison to Count to 9
Program Edison to drive across different printed numbers. Change input parameters to get Edison to accurately drive the number.
Lesson 22: Teach Edison to Count to 9 Out Loud
Write a code that programs Edison to trace a number and count the same value out loud as it drives.
Lesson 23: Explore Edison's Musical Talents
Discover the sound category in EdScratch. Experiment with all the different sound outputs that can be created.
Lesson 24: Play a Song in a Round
Program Edison robots to play the same song at different times. Harmonize your robots together.
Lesson 25: You are the Conductor
Become a conductor and program Edison to play a song of your choice.
Lesson 26: Explore Bugs and Debugging
Discover how to troubleshoot and correct a problem when Edison is not doing what you want it to do.
Lesson 27: Explore Edison's Motors
Learn how the drive category is telling Edison's motor to move. Program Edison to spin, drive forward, and more.
Lesson 28: Spinning Garden
Turn Edison robot into a spinning garden with flowers, bees, and more!
Lesson 29: Spinning Solar System
Turn Edison robot into a spinning solar system model!
Lesson 30: Cartographer and Navigator
Build a robot sized map and program Edison to navigate through it!
Lesson 31: Writer and Director
Write your own story and program Edison to present it!
Lesson 32: Repeating Steps
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a square.
Lesson 33: Drive a Triangle
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a triangle.
Lesson 34: Drive a Hexagon
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a hexagon.
Lesson 35: Choose Your Shape
Write a program that codes Edison to drive in the shape of your choice.
Lesson 36: Drive a Circle
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a circle.
Lesson 37: Drive a Square?
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a square over and over.
Lesson 38: Doodle-bot Challenge
Write a program that codes Edison to draw the shape of your choice.
Lesson 39: Loops and Sequence
Write a program that codes Edison to drive a quadrilateral.