Robot Code Break User Manual
Root’s friend Square is hiding, and we need
your help to find them! Square has been
sending us clues in the form of code and
puzzles. Use your programming and math
skills to crack the codes, collect answers,
decode the mystery and find Square!
You’ll Need: Activity Packet, a Root
Robot, Root’s Fold-out Whiteboard
Grid, Dry-Erase Markers and a pencil.
Ideal for Grades 5-8
Name:
Grades 5-8
You
Root’s friend Square is hiding, and we need
Root the Coding Robot is hiding, and we
your help to find them! Square has been
need your help to find it. Root has been
sending us clues in the form of code and
sending us clues in the form of code and
puzzles. Use your programming and math
puzzles. Use your programming and math
skills to crack the codes, collect answers,
skills to crack the codes, collect answers,
decode the mystery and find Square!
Need:
Root’s friend Square is hiding,
and we need your help to find them!
Square has been sending us clues in the
form of code and puzzles. Use your
programming and math skills to crack
the codes, collect answers, decode the
mystery and find Square!
decode the mystery and find Root!
You’ll Need: Activity Packet, a Root
You’ll Need: This activity packet
Robot, Root’s Fold-out Whiteboard
and a pen or pencil.
Grid, Dry-Erase Markers and a pencil.
Ideal for Grades 1-4
Ideal for Grades 5-8
Activity
Packet
Root
Coding
App
Root
Coding
Robot
Dry Erase
Markers
Fold-Out
Whiteboard
Grid
Pen/
Pencil
How to Read Root Code
Reading Root Code is a lot like
following step-by-step instructions.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
These pieces of code tell Root
which instructions to follow when
something happens.
Some code tells Root to
move or turn.
This code tells Root how
many times to repeat the
instructions inside.
Other code tells Root to
start drawing lines to
everywhere it drives.
This code helps Root
remember numbers that
change when something
happens, like somebody
scoring a point in a game.
Example
Code:
1
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Read the code from top to bottom to follow
Root’s instructions.
You’ll use Root Code to solve the puzzles in this
packet and crack the code to where in the
world Root is hiding!
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Challenge: Treasure Map
Can you follow the code to see where Root ends?
Open your fold-out whiteboard grid and place Root on the bottom-left
1.
corner as pictured
Copy the code on
2.
the right into your
Root Coding app.
Connect to Root and
3.
press Play to watch
Root follow the code.
Draw an “X” on the
4.
grid square where
Root stops.
You’ll Need:
Use the Root Map below to find the correct clue. When you are finished, write the clue’s letters in the Answer Box.5.
Root Map
If Root landed on grid spot shown on the left with the red “X”,
the answer is “J K P”
If Root landed on grid spot shown on the left with the orange “X”,
the answer is “M W Q”
If Root landed on grid spot shown on the left with the green “X”,
the answer is “S R I”
If Root landed on
grid spot shown on
the left with the blue
“X”, the answer is
“A H R”
Have you found the letters? Turn to page 11 to
write the code in the spaces beside Code #1.
Code #1
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1
Mystery MelodyMystery Melody:
Printable Music Sheet
Mystery Melody
COPY the code below into a blank coding project.1. PLACE Root on the Mystery
You’ll Need:
2.
Melody Printable Music Sheet.
4
cm / s
4
cm / s
when
Mystery MelodyMystery Melody:
Printable Music Sheet
4
E
when
C# D# F# G# A#
C D E F G A B C
D
when
7
C
when
Press PLAY and LISTEN.
3.
4.
Circle the song’s name in the Melody Machine. WRITE its letters in the Code Key.
Melody Machine
Which song was Root playing?
A A S. Mary Had a Little Lamb
W O O . Old Macdonald
Code #2
7
N
e
x
t
P
a
g
e
S E Y. The Star-Spangled Banner
Have you found the letters? Turn to page 8 to
write the code in the spaces beside Code #2.
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