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Lesson:

Snow Day Adventure

Root celebrates a snow day by wearing its winter sweater, ice skating and more!

Downloads & Resources

  • Subjects
  • Coding
  • Robotics
  • Duration
  • 5-10 minutes
  • Compatible Robots
  • Root SimBot
  • Root rt0 Coding Robot
  • Root rt1 Coding Robot
  • Group Size
  • Individual
  • Small Groups (2-4)
  • Experience Level
  • Grades 1-3
  • Grades 3-5
  • Things You'll Need
  • iRobot Coding platform

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