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Dancing Flower Tree

A flower tree dances happily, then waits quietly when an insect friend arrives.

Build a spinning flower tree with DC motor blocks and gear blocks, plus a proximity sensor block that notices insects coming close.

Dancing Flower Tree
Finished model

Blocks needed

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How to build 15 steps

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Coding mission

Code the flower tree with the DC motor block so it stops moving when an insect sits on the proximity sensor block.

Think about the state of the proximity sensor block.

App menu to use
Block to use

Mission complete!

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