Lesson: Advanced My Blocks

Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to extend the concept of My Blocks to include the ability to provide information to a My Block from outside the block - the NXT-G equivalent of a passing a parameter to a sub-routine. This lesson uses the "Advanced My Blocks" video from Dale Yocum's NXT Tutorial series.
Objectives: 

Students will be able to: 1. Create a My Block from a section of  an NXT-G program including one or more data wire inputs 2. Use one or more  My Blocks in complex NXT-G program which passes data to the My Blocks through data wires 3. Manipulate the Custom Palette to manage advanced My Blocks

Instruction Guide: 
Primary Instructional Material: 
Summative Assessment: 
Education Level: 
Middle School
High School
Scope & Sequence: 
Robotics
Focus Subject: 
Computing / Computer Science
Engineering
Robotics Hardware
Robotics Software
HW Platform: 
NXT
SW Platform: 
NXT-G
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed