Learning About the Morse Code

 

Today we had a few people come over and taught our class about Morse code and robots. morse code is a different way of writing, as you can see in the image above that is a example of what morse code looks like. So basically morse code are just dots and dashes, but the cool thing is that you can use it to write secret messages and use it as a way to communicate without talking.

First, they all introduced themselves and their names were Tony, Scotty and Nova, there was another person but sadly I have forgotten his names. Then they asked some questions and if you got it right you would get a chocolate. After a few questions were asked we got on with what they were teaching us. Our first activity was a designing and building activity. We had to get into pairs and then we had to choose which one would be the designer and which one would be the builder.

My partner was Aria and she was the designer and I was the builder. They handed the builder a bag of shapes and the designer a piece of paper of what the builder had to build. We couldn't look at each other, so we had to be back to back. Aria was my partner and I knew that we were going to make a great team. Once we've done placing all the shapes into its right positions, Aria revealed the picture and everything thing was correct.

After that they showed us what the morse code was and it was really hard to understand. Next they handed s a piece of paper and we had to write a word down, but in the morse code. This was really cool and enjoyable. Next, one of the older student handed each table group a laptop and we had to insert a code.

In the code we had to insert the morse code of any word, and programme it into the lego robot they gave us. We had a little help from one of the students and overall my group managed to complete this activity. We also made the robot move forward and turn back to us. The word we put into the robot was Dora. Once we were done we showed one of the older students and he said that we did a good job.

Towards the end of the programme they asked a few last questions and you would get a chocolate if you got it right, unfortunately I didn't get to answer one. Nevertheless I really enjoyed this session with them and I hope next time they could come in again. It was interesting to learn about the morse code, and I would definitely use that next time so we won't get caught passing notes.

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