Explore: Parallelism
Lesson Overview
Students will first use, then modify, a project exploring parallelism in Scratch using the TIPP & SEE model.
This will provide students with another opportunity to tinker with this concept in Scratch before starting an open-ended project in the next lesson.
Agenda
💫 Review: Use the pages in the Blue Workbook to gain a deeper understanding of parallelism. (5-10 min.)
🚀 Explore: TIPP & SEE Parallelism: Trick or Treat Scratch activity (35-50 min.)
📓 Reflect: (5 min.)
How did the Trick or Treat progam help you understand paraellelism in computer science.
How would you explain parallelism to another person?
Materials
computing devices for all students
Blue Level Student Workbooks, pp. 4-5
English / Spanish
TIPP & SEE Parallelism: Trick or Treat
activity pages (slides 1 & 2)
English / Spanish
Scratch project
English / Spanish
Google Form version (the link will automatically make a copy so that you can collect student responses)
Vocabulary
parallelism: sets of instructions that run at the same time
Standards
CA CSS 3-5.AP.12 Create programs that include events, loops, and conditionals.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.13 Decompose problems into smaller, manageable tasks which may themselves be decomposed.
Additional Resources
Scratch website: scratch.mit.edu
Scratch TIPP & SEE posters:
large (11x17): English / Spanish