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Episode 508: Inside Hacker

Episode 508: Inside Hacker

Math TopicRobotic Reasoning
The Big IdeaTo get a robot to do a job, break the job into a sequence of simple steps - a program - the robot can obey.
NCTM LinksAlgebra and Reasoning & Proof
Episode Description It's the CyberSquad's most ingenious plan ever - and most dangerous! If they can insert a new memory chip into Hacker's H-Drive, they can turn him from evil to good. Once he's been shrunk and is inside Hacker, Matt's mission goes like clockwork until a force field is activated and envelops the H-Drive. All seems lost until Digit remembers a robot that Dr Marbles made that can break through any force field. They can shrink it down and send it in to help Matt...but must first figure out how to make it follow their commands. Can Inez, Jackie and Digit program the robot in time?
For Real Bianca's Rage Against the Machine
When Bianca volunteers to help out at the hospital, she meets another hospital helper - Patsy the robot. The head nurse explains how Patsy is programmed to deliver medicine to the nurses' stations. Intrigued, sneaky Bianca programs Patsy to do one of Bianca's jobs -- deliver a plant to a patient's room. But Bianca forgets one crucial step in her program, causing Patsy to take a wrong turn down the wrong hallway, and getting Bianca in trouble.
Math message: To get a robot to do a job, break the job into a sequence of simple steps - a program - the robot can obey.
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