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Coding · Pre-K

Spot and Fix an Instruction

Children hunt for the one wrong step, or bug, in everyday plans and in Bolt the robot's programs. They follow programs step by step to see where things first go wrong, then change just the wrong instruction to fix it.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 30 minutes
  • Bug hunt check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: program with blocks, choose an answer, type a number, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Spot the one wrong instruction in a picture plan or program.
  • Follow a program step by step to find where it first goes wrong.
  • Fix a bug by changing the wrong instruction and keeping the good ones.

Lessons

  1. Oops, a wrong step! 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. Follow it to find the bug 5 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
  3. Fix the bug 5 steps3 practiceabout 10 min
  4. Bug hunt check 4 questions at the end

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