BlocksCAD: Ice Cream Machine

during Hour of CodeTM

Dec. 3rd - 9th

Math     Coding      Design

Teachers! Start here:

Ice Cream Machine Exploration Demo Video

Description: Students will program an ice cream machine to print ice cream cones with different numbers and sizes of ice cream scoops. They will work with variables and modules so that they’ll be ready to print any order that comes their way. They will also use a function that calculates the cost of a particular ice cream cone based on the volume of the spherical ice cream scoops.

Standards: 

CC 8.G.9: Know the formulas for the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

CSTA 2-AP-11: Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values

CSTA 2-AP-13: Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs

CSTA 2-AP-14: Create procedures with parameters to organize code and make it easier to reuse

 

Email info@blocksCAD3d.com to learn more about our 8th grade curriculum. Lessons cover congruence, transformations, volume, Pythagorean Theorem, and more!

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Materials

Download the Lesson Plan to help you prepare and the Student Handout to print for your class.

View the teacher's solution file here and direct your students to the link below for their starting blocks.

 

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Students!

Open a blank BlocksCAD editor to start your exploration!