Carrier

lEARNING gOALS

Use variable to control the movement of the Carrier.
Use function to "store" and "call" the program(s).

buILDING INSTRUCTIONS

Blocks in use

FUNCTION

A function lets you create a portion of code that you can reuse in your program. You can put code that you want to use over again in a function.

CALL FUNCTION

Execute the program stored inside the function.

SET VARIABLE

Assign (set) a variable’s value, making the variable store the value specified.

VARIABLE

Call back or retrieve a variable’s current value.

PICK RANDOM

Generate a random value within a range of numbers.

REMAINDER

Used to find out how much is left over if one number doesn’t divide into the other number evenly.

sample code of FUNCTION AND PICK RANDOM:

Call Function

Pick Random Number

CODING

Sample code :

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STEM CORNER

VARIABLE

In computer programming, a variable is a storage location paired with a name, which contains some known or unknown quantity of information referred to as a value. The variable name is the usual way to reference the stored value. Value of variable can be changed during execution of program.

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