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  1. Security Zone
  2. Ultrasonic Drum
  3. Resistor Piano
  4. Walker Race
  5. Walker Dance
  6. Walker Detect
  7. Runaway Rover
  8. Rover Sensor Steering

  1. Lighthouse
  2. Frog Frenzy
  3. Game Controller
  4. Minecraft Controller
  5. Retro Racer

  1. Security Zone
  2. Ultrasonic Drum
  3. Resistor Piano
  4. Ther-Mood-Stat
  5. Color Coded
  6. Pulse

  1. Beam Break
  2. Car Race
  3. Motion Ball

  1. Solar House
  2. Soil Sensor
  3. Air Guitar

  1. Light Show
  2. Light Show Animation

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Gaming expedition

Mission 1 of 5

Gaming expedition: Mission 1 of 5

Lighthouse


Beginner

1 hour

Grades 3 - 8

MISSION OBJECTIVE

Learn how to use technology to control LEDs and sound. Students will build a game controller that they will use in this lesson.

Back on Earth, our scientists have noticed a ship heading towards their lighthouse! In this mission, you will build and code a Traffic Light-like series of LEDs that your button presses can control as a simple introduction to the buttons on the Printed Circuit Board Assembly.

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MISSION CHARACTERS

Commander

Scientist
MISSION MATERIALS

Computer with USB port and Chrome or Edge browser
Piper Make Base Station or Starter Kit
Piper Make Game Controller

MISSION RESOURCES

Learning Goals

  1. Students learn about shift registers and how they read inputs.  
  2. Students will learn how a controller outputs information into the system, including latch, clock, and data.  
  3. Students will gain an understanding of bits and bytes.  
  4. Students reinforce learning about conditionals, like if-do statements, in programming. 

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Vocabulary Words

Console Personal computers built for gaming (e.g., PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch)

Modding Making "modifications" to how a game sounds, how it plays, looks, or functions, usually by users

Graphic User Interface (GUI) A way to display information on the computer screen where the user can use a mouse to click on buttons to do things.

Playtesting Playing through new builds to find bugs, ensure flow, and get new ideas to build on

Virtual reality (VR AComputer technology that makes a person feel like they are somewhere else, requires players to wear a headset and use input devices to play games

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