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)

Full Lesson Plan

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:
- small (8.5x11): English / Spanish
- large (11x17): English / Spanish

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