Build-a-Band: Planning
Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
Students plan how to create an interactive musical project in Scratch in which they will use event, loop, and sound blocks to make and control music that connects with their personal interests.
Agenda
Agenda
- Planning: Build-a-Band Planning Guide (30 minutes)
- Activity: Build-a-Band (15-30 minutes)
- Exploring Musical Instruments in Scratch (optional)
Materials
Materials
- projector
- computing devices for students
- Green Level Student Workbooks, pp. 16-19
- Build-a-Band Planning Guide, printed
Vocabulary
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
Standards
- CSTA 1B-AP-10: Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.
- CSTA 1B-AP-11: Decompose problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
- Build-a-Band choice board (optional)
- Build-a-Band public Scratch studio for inspiration!
- Consider using the Scratch Starter Cards to help students who are feeling stuck.
- Getting Unstuck Strategies from the Creative Computing Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education