Build-a-Band: Building

Lesson Overview

Students will work on building their Build-a-Band interactive projects in Scratch. They will then provide feedback in small groups on each other's Build-a-Band projects, and use that feedback to revise and finalize their work.

Agenda

  1. Activity: Build-a-Band (30-45 minutes)
  2. Activity: Peer Feedback (15 minutes)

Materials

  • projector
  • computing devices for students
  • Green Level Student Workbooks, pp. 16-19
  • Peer Feedback organizer, printed

Vocabulary

event: an action that causes something to happen

loop: repeat a sequence of instructions

parallelism: sets of instructions that run at the same time

program: a set of instructions written in a language that a computer understands

script: a set of Scratch blocks connected together to form a sequence

sequence: a set of instructions that follow one another in order

Standards

  • CSTA 1B-AP-10: Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.
  • CSTA 1B-AP-13: Use an iterative process to plan the development of a program by including others' perspectives and considering user preferences.
  • CSTA 1B-AP-15: Test and debug a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

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