Welcome to the Blue-Bot Online Emulator from Terrapin!
Use the Blue-Bot Emulator to program a virtual Blue-Bot just like the Blue-Bot robot!
Press ‘X’ to erase instructions.
Press ‘GO’ to start (and also stop) Blue-Bot.
Click ‘Home’ to move Blue-Bot back to where it started.
Press ‘Save’ to save the commands you have written. The file is saved to your Downloads folder.
Press ‘Load’ to get your work back.
Have fun!
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Blue-Bot Journey: Park the Car
Click to roll the dice, then code Blue-Bot to ‘drive’ to that parking space.
Which parking spots will never get used?
Try using different angles when you drive and park.
Remember, you can click a command and then ‘Delete Cmd’ to remove it.
You can also drag a command to a different spot in your code.
Click ‘Down’ to draw and leave a path. Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a color.
Can you go to the right parking spot in one trip?
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Blue-Bot Journey: Number Sums
Look at the blue numbers along the top and left side.
Those are the sums for each row and column.
Circle the numbers in each row and column that add up to those blue numbers.
To help, you can mark numbers you don’t want to use with a square.
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Blue-Bot Journey: Snakes and Ladders
Click the die to roll it. Add the number you roll to the number of the square you are on. Or, count on from your current square to see where Blue-Bot needs to go. Move Blue-Bot that many squares (the turns don’t count).
The goal is to get to square 36 by following the path of the numbers in order.
If you land at the bottom of a ladder, send Blue-Bot up to its top.
If you land on a snake’s head, slide down to its tail. (Don’t worry, it won’t hurt you!)
Use right-angle turns to get to the correct square when you land on the head of a snake.
Follow these advanced rules: If you get to square 36, but still have more squares to go, move Blue-Bot backwards the extra steps to finish your turn. You need to land exactly on square 36 in this version of the game!
You can take turns with another player, or just play by yourself. The winner is the one who gets to square 36 first!
Have fun! (Don’t forget to click X between turns.)
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Blue-Bot Journey: Go on a Drive
Click to roll the dice, then code Blue-Bot to ‘drive’ to that building.
Which buildings will never be visited?
Click ‘Down’ if you want to draw a path.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a different color.
Can you get to the right building in one trip?
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Blue-Bot Journey: Shapes
Code Blue-Bot to trace the path of this design.
What pattern of commands can you repeat to draw the entire shape?
How many times will you need to repeat the pattern?
Click the ‘RPT’ button until the correct number of Repeats appears in the orange bar.
Enter the commands you figured out, then press ‘Go’.
Press ‘Go’ again to repeat them several more times.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a different color.
It might be pretty to use a different color for each repeat.
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Blue-Bot Journey: Walk Through the Dictionary
Code Blue-Bot to all the animal names in ABC order.
Click the Circle button when you get to each one.
Click ‘Down’ if you want to leave a trail.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a different color.
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Blue-Bot Journey: Animal Word Search
Can you find all the animal names in this puzzle?
Choose a different color for each animal.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose the color you want.
Use the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ buttons to pick the pen up or put it down.
Draw a line through all the letters of each animal’s name in order.
How many animals did you find?
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Blue-Bot Journey: Amazing Mazes
Can you navigate Blue-Bot through this maze?
Be sure to visit the beehive on your way!
Start coding, then press ‘Go’.
Add some more commands, click ‘Home’ and then ‘Go’ to continue its path.
You can also click ‘Clean’ to erase the last path.
It will leave a path as it moves.
Tip: You can click a command and then ‘Delete Cmd’ to remove it.
drag a command to a different spot in your code.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a different color.
If you can get to the other end of the maze using one set of commands, congratulations!
Click the ‘Save’ button to keep a copy of your code (saved in your Downloads folder).
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Blue-Bot Journey: Visit the Zoo
Send Blue-Bot on all the paths to visit all the animals in the zoo!
Don’t worry if you get off the road once in a while. It’s very hard to stay on it!
Just do the best you can.
Keep a list of the animals you have visited.
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Blue-Bot Journey: Travel by Sea
Here is a short history of how people have traveled on the sea.
Follow the arrows to visit all the pictures.
Start with an ancient boat and code Blue-Bot to go all the way to the modern aircraft carrier.
Have you been in boats or ships like these?
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Blue-Bot Journey: Climb a Mountain
Code Blue-Bot to go up and down the mountains.
Pause when you get to the tops to enjoy the view!
Can you make the entire trip using one set of commands?
Tip: Start coding, then press ‘Go’.
Add more commands, click ‘Home’, then ‘Clean’, and then ‘Go’ to continue the journey.
When you get to the bottom of the second mountain, turn around and go the other way!
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Blue-Bot Journey: Travel the USA
Navigate Blue-Bot on the map to the state the teacher names or to a state where people you know live.
What state have you always wanted to visit? Send Blue-Bot there!
Can you drive from one end of the country to the other?
Click ‘Down’ if you want to leave a path.
Click the ‘Color’ box to choose a different color.
You can practice your trip before before you draw your route.
Tip: You can click a command and then ‘Delete Cmd’ to remove it.
drag a command to a different spot in your code.
Happy travels!
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Blue-Bot Journey: Be a Moon Rover
Can you code Blue-Bot to all the craters in ABC order?
Pause when you get to each one.
Can you make the trip using one set of commands?
Tip: Start coding, then press ‘Go’.
Add more commands, click ‘Home’, then ‘Clean’, and then ‘Go’ to continue the journey.
Blue-Bot Online Emulator
