9. The tourist

With the CodyRoby cards, two teams challenge each other to find, in the shortest time possible, the sequence of instructions that will guide the tourist to the monuments that she wants to visit on the board

Required material: CodyRoby starter kit chequered board with labels, instruction cards (left, right, forward), and any counters to be placed on the board. Larger cards can be useful to play on the floor

Questions

Q1. What sequence of instructions would guide the tourist to the Statue of Raphael in the first example shown in the video?

Q2. What sequence of instructions would guide the tourist to the Torricini of the Ducal Palace in the second example shown in the video?

Q3. Can you think of a fun way to do some exercise every time one of the two teams chooses a card to add to the program? Invent a way by rethinking the relay race shown in the video

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