Pollination-Student Step by Step

Let’s Build!

Create a system to represent the movement of an insect between flowers.

Instructions Turn on and pair: ● 1 DC Motor block and drag it onto the workspace.

Also drag on: ● 1 Key Press block.

Connect the blocks as shown.

Workspace

Instructions

Workspace

Sketch an insect, cut it out and attach it to the Wheel.

Attach the Wheel to the DC Motor.

​Test your system.

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Challenge 1

Create a system to simulate the way in which a flowering plant attracts insects.

Instructions ​Turn on and pair: ● 1 RGB LED block and drag it onto the workspace. Also drag on: ● 1 Interval block ● 1 Cycle Colours block.

Connect the blocks as shown.

​Test your system.

Workspace

Instructions

Workspace

​In the settings of the Interval, set to a low value.

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Challenge 1 – Debug It!

How can we keep the system on?

Instructions

Workspace

​Drag onto the workspace: ● 1 Toggle block

Connect the blocks as shown. ​Test your system.

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Challenge 2

Create a system to represent the process of pollination.

Instructions ​Turn on and pair: 1 Light Sensor block 1 additional RGB LED block and drag them onto the workspace. Also drag on: ● 1 Inverse block ● 1 Compare block ● 2 Number blocks.

Connect the blocks as shown.

Workspace

Instructions

Workspace

​In the settings of the Number blocks, set as follows: ● Number connected to Toggle and RGB LED: ‘100’ ● Number connected to Compare and RGB LED: ‘0’.

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I​ n the settings of the Compare, set to ‘≤ 10’.

​Create two colourful origami flowers.

Slot the flowers into the red Car Controller.

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​Insert one RGB LED into each flower.

Slot the Light Sensor into the front of the second flower’s stand.

​Test your system.

Move the bee between the flowers.

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