Travel in the Universe

Activity/Lesson Key Information

How to use Matatalab to draw different shapes

Matatalab tangible coding language, Universe, Geometry.

Draw a picture of the Universe and color it

• Understand how to use Matatalab to draw.
• Use MatataBot to draw different shapes on large white paper.
• Collaborate to get the artwork done.

• Universe: The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
• Pentagram: A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle or star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star.
• Triangle: A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry.
• Square: In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, or 100-gradian angles or right angles).
• Circle: A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre; equivalently it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is constant.

No prior knowledge needed

Detailed Lesson Plan

5mins

Enjoy the picture of the Universe.

Review how to use MatataBot to draw shapes

30mins

Students need to:    

• 1.Understand the definition of the universe
• 2.Understand the definition of different shapes
• 3.Use Matatabot to draw shapes on the big white paper.
• 4.Color the universe image with their own imagination
• 5.Collaborate to get the artwork done.

10mins

Introduce all the elements in the artwork.
Storytelling the travel in the Universe. 

• Did you realize that the degree block you used was not the angle degree inside the shape?
• If you have changed “turn left” and “turn right” in your program, would you have a same graphic? 
• Do you have more fun with those drawings?
• If you want to travel in the universe, do you want to drive a MatataBot or other spaceship?

Coding Set +Artist Add-On or Pro Set

Big white paper，erasable water color pens and crayon