Code the Path FREE Sample

What your students do

A little robot needs to reach its battery. Your students plan the route by laying paper arrow tiles one square at a time, steering around rocks, puddles, crates, and bushes. When the robot gets there, they write the same code on a recording mat.

Why teachers love it

Curious how a coding center would run in your room? Print 7 pages and find out in one short lesson. There is nothing to download onto devices and nothing to log into. The two sample mats were made just for this freebie, so they do not repeat any of the 20 mats in the full unit.

What's included

• Sample Mats A and B, two 1-star beginner mats in full color (3 and 4 arrows)
• A black-and-white recording mat for each one, with a big space for names
• 7 cut-apart arrow tiles, enough to solve both mats
• A step-by-step "how to try it" page
• The "code" vocabulary poster from the full unit
• A one-page tour of everything in the full mini unit

Perfect for

• Test-driving a coding center before Hour of Code
• A quick STEM or math center
• Early finishers who need something new