1. Ewwww...creepy crawlies....!

2.  OK – so when someone says the word, ‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?  Bicentennial Man? Hmm – there’s a joke there – what did he want in the end? Image from http://www.btinternet.com/~reg.joy/AtoZ.htm

3.  OK – so when someone says the word, ‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?  Oh yeah, gotta include the Daleks... Image from http://www.btinternet.com/~reg.joy/AtoZ.htm

4.  OK – so when someone says the word, ‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?  Hmmm.... Image from http://www.btinternet.com/~reg.joy/AtoZ.htm

5.  What do we use robots for?  It’s NOT a trick question – think! Laundry Washing the dishes..?  So what IS a robot, actually? Can you come up with a good definition???

6.  Well you can try shouting at them, sometimes it helps you, but they tend to just stay where they are, doing what they’re doing... Or not doing...  So what do you remember about instructions to computers? What must they be???

7.  In pairs: A and B  A go to the front to see the image held in secret by your teacher.  B get ready – A’s gonna describe it and YOU will have to draw what A tells you  Let’s see how good you are at passing on instructions... Accurately... Effectively.... Efficiently...  You got, uh, 10 minutes, TOPS...

8.  In pairs: A and B still  Now B gets revenge....  B go to the front to see the image held in secret by your teacher.  A get ready – A’s gonna describe it and YOU will have to draw what A tells you  Let’s see how good you are at passing on instructions... Accurately... Effectively.... Efficiently...  You got, uh, 10 minutes, TOPS...

9.  So...  What was easy about these?  What was hard?  Were they equally difficult?  If one was easier – why?

10.  For budding programmers among you...  Can you see how this links to programing? There’s a SPECIFIC link to the last exercise....  Email sangland@kes.sheffield.sch.uk – and the ones who get it right will be rewarded appropriately! sangland@kes.sheffield.sch.uk