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Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
Students will complete the creation of a Tour Guide project in Scratch that will show their understanding of repeat loops.
In this final lesson of a three lesson sequence, students will finish building their project using Scratch, participate in a showcase to share their project and view their classmates' projects, and use a rubric to reflect on their work.
Agenda
Agenda
💫 Review: Show a few student works-in-progress to review the project scope (5 min.)
💥 Mini-Lesson: Forever Loops in Scratch: forever loop misconceptions (5 min.)
🚧 Build: Tour Guide project in Scratch (30 min.)
🖼 Showcase: Use the 2 Stars and a Wish framework to support students providing feedback on others' projects (10-15 min.)
✅ Self-Assessment/Reflect: Use the student rubric to promote self-assessment and reflection on the Tour Guide project (5-10 min.)
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.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.15 Use an iterative process to plan and develop a program by considering the perspectives and preferences of others.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.17 Test and debug a program or algorithm to ensure it accomplishes the intended task.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.19 Describe choices made during program development using code comments, presentations, and demonstrations.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Video: Creative Commons for Kids (1:36)
Studio of Tour Guide project examples
Scratch website: scratch.mit.edu
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