Learn Computational

Thinking With Sheldon the Snail!

Background
Hi, I'm Sheldon the Snail and these activities are
meant to teach basic computational thinking and
problem-solving skills! They involve drawing
arrows that guide me to a goal item. The
activities allow kids to create an algorithm that
guides an object to a goal. In programming, there
are many ways to solve a problem, just like there
are many different paths that will take me to the
goal! The worksheets also teach basic
"debugging" skills. If the path doesn’t take me
to the goal, one will have to modify it to make it
work correctly!
Fill In the Arrows:
Worksheet

Color the arrows that take

the snail to the star blue.

Color the arrows that take

the snail to  the heart red.  
Fill in the Arrows:
SmartBoard
Example 

Watch the screen to

see the correct paths!
Draw your own path:
Worksheet 
Draw your own arrows to
help Sheldon find the
apple! There is more than
one correct path!
Draw your own path:
Smartboard Example

Watch the arrows appear

on screen for an example
pathway!
Draw your own
path: Worksheet
Draw your own arrows to
help Sheldon find the
yummy whole apple!
You need to go around the
apple cores.  
Draw your own path:
Smartboard Example

Watch the screen to see an

example pathway!
Draw your own path:
Worksheet

Draw arrows to take

Sheldon to his friend,
Fred the Fish.  
You need to go around the
sharks!
Draw your own path:
Smartboard Example
Watch the arrows appear
on screen to see an
example path!
Draw your own path:
Worksheet
Sheldon wants to visit his
friend Sadie the Slug, but
he wants to eat the apple
first!
Draw arrows that guide
Sheldon to the apple,
then take him to Sadie!
Draw your own path:
Smartboard Example

Watch the arrows guide

Sheldon to the apple, then
take him to Sadie!
Draw your own path:
Worksheet
Now Sheldon wants to see his
friend Iceberg the Penguin,
but he has to visit Rodney the
Roach first!
Draw arrows that guide
Sheldon to Rodney, then take
him to Iceberg!
Make sure you don’t fall
down a waterfall though!
Draw your own path:
Smartboard Example
Watch the arrows take
Sheldon to Rodney, then
guide him to Iceberg!
Well, that wraps it up! I
hope you had fun
learning about
computational thinking!
Gotta bounce!