What do you need?

• A partner for this experiment (choose a friend to help you)
• Blindfold
• Open Area

What's Next?

1. Choose a start and finish location.

2. Blindfold your friend, give them a spin to mix them up.

3. Give them directions to move from start to finish only using the words forward, backward, left, and right to guide their movement.

4. Repeat from the start location. This time you can use any words to guide them from start to finish.

What Happened?

Which took longer, the first time with only directions or the second time using any words? choose one forward, backward, left, right took longer any words took longer they both took the same time

Which was easier for giving directions? choose one forward, backward, left, right easier to give directions any words easier to give directions they both were the same

Why?

Which was easier for following directions? choose one forward, backward, left, right easier to follow directions any words easier to follow directions they both were the same

Why?

Real Life

Scientists control rovers on Mars using radio waves. Describe how the activity you did is like driving a rover on Mars.

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