Maze Runner Vocabulary

Word Bank

Fill In the Blanks

1. A is a named move you can reuse as many times as you want.
2. To a function you write def name(): with its steps underneath.
3. To a function you write its name with parentheses, like forward_one_cell().
4. A program runs top to bottom, one step at a time — that order is the .
5. One square step of the maze is a .
6. The function that drives forward one step of the maze is .
7. Measuring how far one cell really is and adjusting the number is .
8. When the robot bumps a wall, that’s — it did exactly what the sequence said.

Quick Checks

• Circle what def does:
  runs a move / names a move / connects the hub

• Circle how you run a function called turn_right:
  def turn_right / turn_right() / turn right

• Your robot stopped short of the next cell. Should the mm inside forward_one_cell() be bigger or smaller?
  Circle one: bigger / smaller

• Put these maze-solving steps in order (number them 1-3):
  Write the named moves in the right order
  Plan the path on paper
  Run it and fix the step that bumped a wall

Stretch: Read the Code

What will this robot do? Write it in plain words.

forward_one_cell()
turn_right()
forward_one_cell()
forward_one_cell()

It will: