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Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
Students will begin the creation of a Tour Guide project in Scratch that will show their understanding of forever loops.
In this first lesson of a three lesson sequence, students will plan out their Tour Guide project on paper using a planning guide, then begin building their project using Scratch.
Agenda
Agenda
⭐️ Introduce: Tour Guide projects in Scratch (5 min.)
💥 Mini-Lesson: Initialization in Scratch (5 min.)
📝 Plan: Tour Guide project on paper (15-20 min.)
🚧 Build: Tour Guide project in Scratch (15-25 min.)
📓 Reflect: (5 min.)
How did the planning guide help you start your project in Scratch?
What are you excited to add to your Tour Guide project next class?
Scratch Project Resources
Scratch Project Resources
Tour Guide starter projects: sprites & backdrops (no code) / exploded code
Tour Guide example projects: France Tour Guide Remix (Student-Created) / Come Visit Peru (Teacher-Created)
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
copyright: a law that protects a creator's rights and requires other people to get permission to use, copy, and share their work
Creative Commons: a copyright license that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on other people's creative work, as long as they give credit to the creator
digital citizen: someone who acts safely, responsibly, and respectfully online
initialize: assign a starting point for an object
loop: repeat a sequence of instructions
parallelism: sets of instructions that run at the same time
Standards
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
Additional Resources
Video: Creative Commons for Kids (1:36)
Studio of Tour Guide project examples
Scratch website: scratch.mit.edu
Getting Unstuck Strategies from the Creative Computing Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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