Kindergarten · Science · Unit 10 of 10
Follow the Steps
Directions, order and code
What your child practises
Unplugged coding: words like up, down, left, right, above and below, following arrow instructions in order, and fixing mistakes in a set of steps.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B11.1–B11.3 · using directional and positional words, putting steps in order, and testing and fixing instructions
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A set of steps for a robot to follow is called…
🤖- a snack
- code
- a sound
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code
Hint: Steps that tell a robot or computer what to do are called code.
Question 2
Which word tells you where the door is? “The door is beside the window.”
- beside
- quickly
- yellow
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beside
Hint: Beside tells where. It means next to.
Question 3
Which arrow points up?
- ⬆️up
- ⬅️left
- ⬇️down
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⬆️ up
Hint: Up points toward the sky.
Question 4
Which word is the opposite of up?
- down
- forward
- sideways
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down
Hint: Up and down are opposites.
Question 5
A robot's steps did not work. What do you do?
🔧- Do the same steps again
- Give up
- Test it, find the mistake and fix it
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Test it, find the mistake and fix it
Hint: Coders test their steps and fix mistakes. This is called debugging.
Question 6
Put the steps for washing hands in order.
- 🧻Dry
- 🫧Scrub
- 🚿Rinse
- 💧Wet your hands
- 🧼Add soap
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Wet your hands → Add soap → Scrub → Rinse → Dry
Hint: Wet, soap, scrub, rinse, then dry.