Name that Block
Vocab
What Happens
Sphero Parts & Other
Types of Blocks
100
What does the 2nd number in this block control?
What is speed?
100
What is heading?
What is the angle you want Sphero to roll at?
100
What does this block do?
What is pause the next block for 2s?
100
Bolt+ has lights that go around the edge and the full color can be changed with this one block.
What is Main LED?
100
What does the "yaw orientation" sensor do?
What is spin left or spin right?
200
This block will code Bolt+ to talk, but the sound comes through the computer.
What is a speak block?
200
What is aim?
What is the blue light faces the programmer and will indicate 180o?
200
What does this block of code do?
What is straight and then turn on the light after 1 second?
200
Why is the gyroscope helpful?
What is it helps the robot maintain the orientation it's facing?
200
These blocks compare two values, like greater than and less than.
What are comparators?
300
What does the 3rd number in this block control?
What is duration?
300
Programming that executes multiple blocks or commands at the same time.
What is asynchronous programming?
300
What does this block do?
What is senses the heading of Bolt then randomly heads at any degree between 150 & 210?
300
What does the "on collision" block do?
What is Bolt will do whatever block is attached to the "on collision" block?
300
If/Then and If/Then/Else blocks are _____?
What are conditionals?
400
We set this sensor to sense when Bolt+ experienced more than a certain number of g (force), then Bolt+ would complete the connected code (like make an animal sound).
What is the accelerometer sensor?
400
Programming that executes one block or command at a time.
What is synchronous programming?
400
If Pitch orientation < -30 is true, it will respond when _____.
What is tilted forward or down?
400
What does the heading block plus 180 degrees do?
Controls Bolt to roll in the opposite direction as the last roll.
400
Coding statement that tests whether a condition is true, then additional code is either executed or not based on the result.
What is If/Then statement?
500
What are the green blocks that are named and when "called", the program will complete the blocks that are attached to it?
What are function blocks?
500
A piece of information, like a number value, that can change during a program.
What is variable?
500
If Roll orientation < -30 is true, it will respond when ____.
What is tilted left?
500
When using the "play sound" block, what will happen if you toggle the "wait" to "continue"?
This tells Bolt to play the sound at the same time as completing the next block.
500
Control statement that repeats a section of code for a set number of times, until a condition is met, or for the entire time a program is running.
What is loop?