Middle Division Technology

Overview

This lesson proves opportunities for students to develop their computational thinking skills by creating a simple maze game using Scratch.

Introduce students to basic game development concepts
Familiarize students with "Forever - If" loops in Scratch
Provide a 'quick victory' lesson for students interested in creating a simple game
Provide options for students interested in enhancing their simple Maze game and (literally) taking it to another level :-)

Help students create and verify personal Scratch accounts using their school email address
Complete the Basic Scratch Animation project.
Complete the Minecraft Screencast project.
Print copies of the 1 page handouts for students (linked below)

Watch this video (also embedded above) for step-by-step instructions! Here's a finished example!
Use this handout to create your own 1 level Maze game (PDF)
Create a 1-2 minute "Code Talk" Screencast with Screencastify, playing your Maze game to show both WINNING and LOSING. Show the code blocks you used to create the game, and explain how they work.
Add your finished Maze Project to our Scratch Studio "Casady 5th Grade Maze Projects"
Turn in via both Google Classroom and our Seesaw learning journal, the links to both:
1. Your Scratch Project
2. Your Scratch Code Talk Screencast