Explore: Sequence
Lesson Overview
Students will first explore, then modify, a project exploring sequence in Scratch.
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 (updated)
?? Warm-up: Link today's sequencing starter project to students' every day lives. Ask: How do you know when to wake-up in the morning? (5-10 min.)
▶️ Main Activity: Go through the TIPP & SEE Protocol with the Sequence: On the Farm project. In partners, students complete a hardcopy or Google Form activity page then continue to make changes to the On the Farm program to personalize it. (35-50 min.
🤔 Debrief: (5 min.)
Give space for student pairs to present their projects.
After the rooster crowed, did your characters all respond the same way, with the same sequence of code? If not, how did you change the sequence?
What was a strategy you and your partner used to make decisions together?
Materials
computing devices for all students
Green Level Student Workbooks, pp. 2-3
TIPP & SEE Sequence: On the Farm
activity pages (slides 3 & 4)
Google Form version (the link will automatically make a copy so that you can collect student responses)
Scratch project
Vocabulary
sequence: a set of instructions that follow one another in order
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: